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B-418408 1 (2020-03-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeawd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.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: RIVA Solutions, Inc. File: B-418408 Date: March 31, 2020 Devon E. Hewitt, Esq., Michael E. Stamp, Esq., and Scott M. Dinner, Esq., Protorae Law PLLC, for the protester. Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Hernandez, Robert B. Neill, Esq., and Zachary Jacobson, Esq., for the agency. Lois Hanshaw, Esq., and Evan C. Williams, 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 technical proposal is denied where the agency reasonably found the protester's proposal unacceptable. DECISION RIVA Solutions, Inc. (RIVA), an 8(a) small business of Mclean, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Applied Development, LLC (Applied), an 8(a) small business of Baltimore, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W91 QV1 -20-R-0001, issued by the Department of the Army for comprehensive strategic communication management support services to the US Army Medical Command's (MEDCOM) Warrior Care and Transition Program. The protest is denied. BACKGROUND The solicitation was issued on September 12, 2019, under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 15, Contracting by Negotiation and part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, as a set-aside for companies participating in the Small Business Administration's 8(a) Business Development Program. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, RFP at 1, 74. The RFP sought a contractor to assist MEDCOM in meeting its mission to provide centralized oversight, guidance, advocacy, and empowerment to wounded, ill, and injured soldiers, veterans, and families by providing a comprehensive transition plan for successful reintegration into active duty or veteran status. Id. at 20. The RFP

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