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B-418363,B-418363.2,B-418363.3,B-418363.4 1 (2020-03-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeaun0001 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 1been approved for public release. Matter of: GovernmentClO, LLC File: B-418363; B-418363.2; B-418363.3; B-418363.4 Date: March 10, 2020 James Y. Boland, Esq., Emily A. Unnasch, Esq., and Michael T. Francel, Esq., Venable LLP, for the protester. Terry L. Elling, Esq., Amy L. Fuentes, Esq., and Kelsey M. Hayes, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for Favor TechConsulting, LLC, the intervenor. Frank V. DiNicola, Esq., Kerry A. McGrath, Esq., Tara Nash, Esq., and Ronald J. Bakay, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency failed to evaluate properly an alleged impaired objectivity organizational conflict of interest in the awardee's proposal is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable. 2. Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated proposals is denied where the protester did not demonstrate the agency improperly evaluated proposals and where the record shows that the evaluation was consistent with the evaluation criteria. 3. Protest that the agency unreasonably made its source selection decision is denied where the decision was reasonable and consistent with the evaluation criteria. DECISION GovernmentClO, LLC (GCIO), of Washington, D.C., the incumbent contractor, protests the award of a task order to Favor TechConsulting, LLC, (FTC), of Vienna, Virginia, under request for task execution plan (RTEP) No. T4NG-0484, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for software development services. GCIO alleges that the award to FTC was improper because FTC had disqualifying organizational conflicts of interest (OCI). GCIO also alleges that the agency unreasonably evaluated proposals, and improperly made its source selection decision. We deny the protest.

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