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B-418871,B-418871.2 1 (2020-10-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebyj0001 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 version has been - - - - - - approved for public release. Matter of: Ventera Corporation File: B-418871; B-418871.2 Date: October 5, 2020 Samuel B. Knowles, Esq., Daniel J. Cook, Esq., Ryan Carpenter, Esq., DLA Piper LLP- US, for the protester. Christopher R. Shiplett, Esq., Randolph Law, PLLC, for the intervenor. Pamela Waldron, Esq., and Linda Santiago, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Michael Willems, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated quotations is denied where the record reflects that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulation. 2. Protest challenging agency best-value tradeoff is denied when the best-value tradeoff was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Ventera Corporation, of Reston Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to SemanticBits, LLC, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 75FCMC20Q0018, issued under the Agile Delivery to Execute Legislative Endeavors for Quality Related Initiatives (ADELE) blanket purchase agreement (BPA) pursuant to the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 70, by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, for information technology services. The protester alleges that the agency erred in its evaluation of quotations and conducted a flawed best-value tradeoff. We deny the protest.

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