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B-418875.2,B-418875.4 1 (2020-10-08)

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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:  MindPoint Group, LLC

File:     B-418875.2;   B-418875.4

Date:       October 8, 2020

Attison L. Barnes, Esq., Tracye W. Howard, Esq., Gary S. Ward, Esq., and Sarah
Hansen, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester.
Edward  J. Tolchin, Esq., Offit Kurman Attorneys at Law, for CENTERPOINT, Inc., the
intervenor.
Robert D. Banfield, Esq., and William B. Blake, Esq., Department of the Interior, 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

1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of quotations and award decision is
denied where record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the
terms of the solicitation.

2. Protest that awardee's proposal is unacceptable because the awardee failed to notify
the agency before award that a proposed key person was unavailable is denied where
the record does not clearly indicate that the proposed key person was unavailable prior
to award.

3. Allegation that the agency failed to conduct a price realism analysis is denied
because the protester has not demonstrated that the awardee's price was unrealistic.
DECISION

MindPoint Group, LLC (MPG), a small business of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the
award of a contract to CENTERPOINT,  Inc. (Centerpoint), a small business of
Leesburg, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 140DO420Q0189, issued by
the Department of the Interior (DOI), on behalf of the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), for cybersecurity support services in support of HHS's Office of the
Chief Information Officer. MPG raises various challenges to the agency's evaluation of
MPG's  and Centerpoint's quotations.

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