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B-414434,B-414434.2 1 (2017-06-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtmm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO 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: Team People LLC File: B-414434; B-414434.2 Date: June 14, 2017 David Asaki, Esq., Law Office of David Asaki, for the protester. Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., Thomas K. David, Esq., and Katherine A. David, Esq., David, Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for the intervenor. Christopher M. Johnson, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Young S. Lee, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the evaluation of awardee's proposal and source selection decision is denied where record supports the agency's evaluation and award decision. 2. Protest that award decision was influenced by bias is dismissed where allegations are untimely. DECISION Team People, LLC, a small business of Falls Church, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to International Development & Resources, Inc. (IDR), a small business of Centreville, Virginia, under Request for Proposals (RFP) No. NIHOD2016243, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH), for a wide range of event management and video production services. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of its proposal, contends that NIH's award decision is flawed, and alleges that the agency was motivated by improper influence and bias. We dismiss the protest in part and deny the protest in part. BACKGROUND On December 6, 2017, the agency issued the RFP as a total small business set-aside for event management and other related technical services. RFP at 10-11. The competition was conducted pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition

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