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B-415741,B-415741.2 1 (2018-03-01)

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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:   Heartland Energy Partners, LLC

File:        B-415741; B-415741.2

Date:       March 1,2018

Christian B. Nagel, Esq., Ronald L. Fouse, Esq., and Catherine L. Norton, Esq.,
McGuire Woods LLP, for the protester.
Daniel R. Forman, Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., and Rosamond Z. Xiang, Esq.,
Crowell & Moring LLP, for the intervenor.
Song U. Kim, Esq., David R. Smith, Esq., and James. A. Douglas, Esq., Defense Health
Agency, for the agency.
Joshua R. Gillerman, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of quotations is denied where the record
shows that the agency's evaluation was consistent with the solicitation and applicable
statutes and regulations.

2. Protest challenging the agency's source selection decision is denied where the
record shows that the decision was consistent with the solicitation and applicable
statutes and regulations.
DECISION

Heartland Energy Partners, LLC, d/b/a Heartland Consulting, of McLean, Virginia,
protests the award of a task order to Netlmpact Strategies, Inc., of Chantilly, Virginia,
under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HT001 1-1 7-R-0026, issued by the Department
of Defense, Defense Health Agency for support services for the agency's Manpower &
Organization (M&O) division. The protester contends that the agency unreasonably
evaluated quotations and made an unreasonable source selection decision.


We deny the protest.

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