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B-418876,B-418876.3,B-418876.4 1 (2020-10-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebzq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GA.O 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: Gunnison Consulting Group, Inc. File: B-418876; B-418876.3; B-418876.4 Date: October 5, 2020 James Y. Boland, Esq., Michael T. Francel, Esq., and Taylor A. Hillman, Esq., Venable LLP, for the protester. James A. Tucker, Esq., Damien C. Specht, Esq., and Lyle Hedgecock, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for Octo Metric LLC, the intervenor. Ashlee N. Adams, Esq., and Mary Schaffer, Esq., Department of the Treasury, for the agency. Alexander O. Levine, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's consideration of the relevant experience of a partner to the awardee joint venture is denied where the agency reasonably credited such experience and where the terms of the solicitation did not prohibit such consideration. 2. Protest challenging agency's technical evaluation is denied where, notwithstanding certain errors, the protester failed to demonstrate competitive prejudice. 3. Protest challenging exchanges conducted with the awardee as unreasonable and unequal is denied where the exchanges were conducted in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Gunnison Consulting Group, Inc., a small business located in Alexandria, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Octo Metric LLC, a small business located in Atlanta, Georgia, by the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 20341420R00001 for development operations (DevOps) and software development services. The protester contends that the agency unreasonably and unequally evaluated proposals under the cost and non-cost factors, conducted improper discussions with only Octo Metric based on concerns it failed to consider in an earlier evaluation phase, and unreasonably invited a third offeror to the last phase of the evaluation instead of Gunnison.

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