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GAOU.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
Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
been approved for public release.
Matter of: VAE, Inc.
File: B-416933; B-416933.2; B-416933.3
Date: January 11, 2019
Albert B. Krachman, Esq., Scott Arnold, Esq., Luke W. Meier, Esq., Brian S. Gocial,
Esq., Michael J. Slattery, Esq., and Robyn N. Burrows, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for the
protester.
Michael D. McGill, Esq., Christine Reynolds, Esq., and Adilene Rosales, Esq., Hogan
Lovells US LLP, for CSRA LLC, the intervenor.
Anthony E. Marrone, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency.
Paula J. Haurilesko, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. The agency reasonably assessed a significant weakness to the protester's proposal
where the issue was encompassed within the stated evaluation factors.
2. The agency reasonably included in the competitive range proposals that presented
superior technical approaches, where the agency concluded that the weaknesses
assessed were minor in nature.
DECISION
VAE, Inc., of Springfield, Virginia, protests the exclusion of its proposal from the
competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. 18-233-SOL-00004, issued by
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for software defined networking
services. VAE contends that HHS misevaluated its proposal and challenges the
evaluation of the other offerors' proposals, including the proposals of CSRA, LLC, of
Falls Church, Virginia, and [DELETED], of Fairfax, Virginia--the two offerors included in
the competitive range.
We deny the protest.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadvly0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)