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B-418029,B-418029.2,B-418029.3 1 (2019-12-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaealq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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 Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: 22nd Century Technologies, Inc. File: B-418029; B-418029.2; B-418029.3 Date: December 26, 2019 Elizabeth N. Jochum, Esq., Todd M. Garland, Esq., and Nora K. Brent, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for the protester. Keith R. Szeliga, Esq., Katie A. Calogero, Esq., and Adam A. Bartolanzo, Esq., Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, and Hampton LLP, for Deloitte Consulting, LLP, the intervenor. Jose Otero, Esq., and Virginia Ackerman, Esq., Department of Labor, for the agency. Young H. Cho, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation and selection of higher-rated, higher-priced quotation is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation and selection were reasonable and consistent with the solicitation. DECISION 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., of McLean, Virginia, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Deloitte Consulting, LLP, of Arlington, Virginia under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 1605DC-19-Q-00006, issued by the Department of Labor (DOL), for enterprise-wide support services. 22nd Century argues that the agency's evaluation was unreasonable, the agency treated vendors disparately, and the best-value tradeoff was flawed. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ was issued on January 1, 2019 to establish a BPA against the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) using Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4 procedures for enterprise-wide support for DOL's cybersecurity and information assurance and

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