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B-422118.2,B-422118.3 Jul 30, 2024 1 (2024-07-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqqp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                       Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                 of the United States
DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                           a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
been approved for public release.
Matter of:  Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
File:     B-422118.2; B-422118.3
Date:     July 30, 2024
Kristen E. Ittig, Esq., Amanda J. Sherwood, Esq., Roee Talmor, Esq., and Nicole
Williamson, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, for the protester.
Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Tracye Winfrey Howard, Esq., Cara L. Sizemore, Esq., Sarah
B. Hansen, Esq., and Morgan W. Huston, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for Guidehouse, Inc.,
the intervenor.
Danica Hong, Esq., and Catherine Gilabert, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for
the agency.
Michael Willems, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest brought for the first time following corrective action is untimely when it
challenges evaluation findings from an earlier award decision of which the protester was
previously advised, and which did not change during the reevaluation.
2. Protest of agency's evaluation and best-value tradeoff decision is denied where the
evaluation and award decision were adequately documented, reasonable, and
consistent with the solicitation.
3. Protest that the awardee is ineligible for award because it did not notify the agency
that a key person became unavailable to perform after quotation submission but before
award is denied, where the protester did not demonstrate that the key person was
actually unavailable.
DECISION
Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Inc., of McLean, Virginia, protests the establishment of a
blanket-purchase agreement (BPA) with and the issuance of a call order to Guidehouse,
Inc., of Chicago, Illinois, under request for quotations (RFQ) 36C10F23Q0008 issued to
all holders of the General Services Administration multiple-award federal supply
schedule 541611, management and financial consulting, by the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) for market area assessments of VA's healthcare networks. The protester

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