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B-413993.4 1 (2017-06-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtoo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.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: 2M Research Services, LLC File: B-413993.4 Date: June 19, 2017 Jessica C. Abrahams, Esq., and Thomas F. Rath, Esq., Dentons US LLP, for the protester. H. Todd Whay, Esq., The Whay Law Firm, for Vision Planning and Consulting, LLC, the intervenor. Rina Martinez, Esq., and Janice Yun, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Our Office will not consider a protest from an offeror in the competitive range challenging an agency's decision to include another offeror in the competitive range, where the protest was filed prior to the agency's award decision, and the possibility remains that the protester could yet receive the award. DECISION 2M Research Services, LLC, an 8(a) small business concern located in Arlington, Texas, protests the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s inclusion of Vision Planning & Consulting, LLC's (VPC) proposal in the competitive range pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. HSFE40-16-R-0002 for technical and administrative support services to FEMA's Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. 2M challenges the agency's competitive range determination and alleges unequal treatment. We dismiss the protest. 2M's current protest arises after an earlier protest filed with our Office. In that protest, 2M challenged the agency's evaluation and award decision. For example, 2M argued that the agency's evaluation of VPC's proposal under the staffing plan and key personnel factor, and past performance factor, was unreasonable. The protester alleged that VPC's proposal reasonably could not have merited a high rating under the

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