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B-413703.9 1 (2017-08-28)

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GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                           of the United States
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                                          DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                        The decision issued on the date below was subject to
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Matter of:  LOUI Consulting Group, Inc.

File:       B-413703.9

Date:       August 28, 2017

Keith A. Graham, Esq., and Shannon M. Wiggins, Esq., Marchena & Graham, PA, and
J. Hatcher Graham, Esq., J. Hatcher Graham, P.C., for the protester.
Richard B. Oliver, Esq., Mary E. Buxton, Esq., and J. Matthew Carter, Esq., Pillsbury
Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for Systems Plus, Inc., the intervenor.
John G. Terra, Esq., Department of Defense, for the agency.
Stephanie B. Magnell, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's past performance is
denied, where the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of
the solicitation.
DECISION

LOUI Consulting Group, Inc. (LOUI), of Warner Robbins, Georgia, protests the award of
a task order to Systems Plus, Inc., of Rockville, Maryland, under request for quotations
(RFQ) No. HT0015-16-R-0019, which was issued by the Department of Defense,
Defense Health Agency (DHA), for clinical information systems training support
services. The protester alleges that the agency's past performance evaluation and
best-value tradeoff were flawed.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On January 24, 2017,1 DHA issued the amended RFQ as a small business set-aside
under General Services Administration (GSA) schedule 70, via the GSA e-Buy system,

1 There is substantial procedural history to this protest. On September 9, 2016, LOUI
and Nolij Consulting LLC (Nolij), of Vienna, Virginia, protested the award of a contract to
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