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GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                           of the United States




Decision


Matter of:  Beacon Grace, LLC

File:       B-415529

Date:       January 16, 2018

Becky R. Willard for the protester.
Roland Baumann III, Esq., Department of Transportation, for the agency.
Alexander 0. Levine, Esq., Elizabeth Witwer, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail,
Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the
decision.
DIGEST

Protest that agency misevaluated protester's proposal is denied where the record
reasonably supports the agency's evaluation and where any errors committed by the
agency did not cause competitive prejudice to the protester.
DECISION

Beacon Grace, LLC, a small business of Hagerstown, Maryland, protests the award of a
contract to Qi-Tech, LLC, a small business of Fairfax, Virginia, under request for
proposals (RFP) No. DTNH22-17-R-00033, issued by the Department of Transportation
(DOT), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), for technical support
services for the agency's non-traffic surveillance system. The protester challenges the
agency's evaluation of the protester's technical and price proposals.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

DOT issued the solicitation on April 26, 2017, as a set-aside for small business
concerns. RFP at 1, 42. The solicitation sought proposals to provide services
associated with the agency's non-traffic surveillance system.' RFP at 2. In general, the

1 The non-traffic surveillance system is a virtual data collection system designed to
provide counts and details regarding fatalities and injuries in non-traffic crash incidents
and in non-crash incidents. RFP at 5; Agency Req. for Dismissal at 2.

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