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B-416882.4 1 (2020-01-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaealn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO 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 Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Deloitte Consulting, LLP File: B-416882.4 Date: January 6, 2020 Paul A. Debolt, Esq., Chelsea B. Knudson, Esq., Spencer P. Williams, Esq., and Taylor A. Hillman, Esq., Venable, LLP, for the protester. Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Philip J. Davis, Esq., Tara L. Ward, Esq., Moshe B. Broder, Esq., and Lindy C. Bathurst, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for Guidehouse LLP, the intervenor. Seeta Rebbapragada, Esq., and Douglas Kornreich, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Raymond Richards, Charmaine A. Stevenson, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's quotation as unacceptable is denied where the agency reasonably found, consistent with the stated evaluation criteria, that one of the protester's proposed key personnel failed to satisfy the solicitation's minimum requirements. DECISION Deloitte Consulting, LLP, of Arlington, Virginia, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) and issuance of a task order to Guidehouse LLP, of McLean, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. FDA-RFQ-1 8-119234, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for information technology services in support of the agency's integrated budget, acquisition, and planning system. The protester contends that the agency unreasonably concluded that its quotation was unacceptable and disqualified it from the competition. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND FDA issued the solicitation on March 26, 2018, using Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4 procedures. Agency Report (AR), Tab 4, RFQ Instructions and Evaluation, amend. 2, at 1, 3. The RFQ was issued to vendors holding Federal Supply

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