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B-419010 1 (2020-11-17)

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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:   Exceed, LLC

File:        B-419010

Date:     November 17, 2020

Antonio R. Franco, Esq., Samuel S. Finnerty, Esq., and Jonathan I. Pomerance, Esq.,
Piliero Mazza PLLC, for the protester.
Stephen Ramaley,  Esq., and Roger Abbott, Esq., Miles & Stockbridge PC, for Insight
Technology Solutions, Inc., the intervenor.
Talbot J. Nicholas II, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency.
Kasia Dourney, 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 quotation is denied where
the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation criteria.
DECISION

Exceed, LLC, a small disadvantaged business of Lanham, Maryland, protests the
issuance of a task order to Insight Technology Solutions, Inc., a small business of
Bowie, Maryland, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70ZO2320QMMZ11100,
issued by the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, for
customer service support at the National Maritime Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Exceed  challenges the agency's evaluation of its quotation and the best-value tradeoff
decision.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On June  11, 2020, the Coast Guard issued the RFQ under the procedures of Federal
Acquisition Regulation subpart 8.4 to vendors holding the General Services
Administration's professional services schedule contracts, special item number 874-7,
for integrated business program support services. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, RFQ

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