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B-416344.3,B-416344.5,B-416344.6 1 (2018-12-21)

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GAO 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
                                              a GAO Protective Order. This version has been
Decision                                      approved for public release.


Matter of:   Emagine IT, Inc.

File:     B-416344.3; B-416344.5; B-416344.6

Date:     December 21, 2018

Thomas K. David, Esq., Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., and Katherine A. David, Esq., David,
Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for the protester.
John R. Tolle, Esq., and H. Todd Whay, Esq., Baker, Cronogue, Tolle & Werfel, LLP, for
VMD Systems Integrators, Inc., the intervenor.
Anthony E. Marrone, Esq., and Tony A. Ross, Esq., Department of Health and Human
Services, for the agency.
Evan D. Wesser, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's decision to exclude the protester's expired proposal
from the competition is denied where the record shows that the protester failed to
exercise reasonable diligence to ensure the continuing viability of its proposal, and to
allow revival of the proposal would compromise the integrity of the competitive bidding
system.
DECISION

Emagine IT, Inc., a small business, of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the award of a task
order to VMD Systems Integrators, Inc., a small business, of Reston, Virginia, by the
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH), under
task order request for proposals (TORP) No. C-43269-SB, issued under the CIO-SP3
Small Business (SB) governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC), for professional
business analysis, advisory, and assistance support services for the Secretary of the Air
Force, Information Dominance & Chief Information Officer. Emagine challenges the
agency's decision to exclude its proposal from the competition on the basis that the
proposal had expired.


We deny the protest.

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