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B-418123.4 1 (2020-12-09)

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GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                             of the United States





Decision


Matter of:   INTELITEAMS,  Inc.

File:        B-418123.4

Date:     December 9, 2020

Jerry Mannes, for the protester.
Damien  C. Specht, Esq., Rachel K. Plymale, Esq., and Caitlin A. Crujido, Esq., Morrison
& Foerster, LLP, for IntelliWare Systems, Inc., the intervenor.
Michael P. Giordano, Esq., and Kelli Beene, Esq., Department of Justice, for the
agency.
Heather Self, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging numerous aspects of agency's evaluation of the protester's
technical and past performance information is denied because the evaluation was
reasonable and consistent with the solicitation.

2. Protest challenging agency's selection of a higher-rated, higher-priced quotation for
award is unobjectionable because the agency's tradeoff decision was reasonable and
consistent with the solicitation.
DECISION

INTELiTEAMS,   Inc., a historically underutilized business zone service-disabled
veteran-owned small business of Holland, Michigan, protests the issuance of an order
to IntelliWare Systems, Inc., of Fredricksburg, Virginia, under request for quotations
(RFQ)  No. DJF-19-0010-PR-0001277,  issued by the Department of Justice, Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI), for administrative and program support staff. The
protester challenges virtually every aspect of the agency's evaluation of its quotation,
and argues that the agency's evaluation and source selection process unfairly favored
the incumbent contractor. The protester also argues that the evaluation resulted in a
determination of nonresponsibility, which the agency was required to refer to the Small
Business Administration (SBA) under its certificate of competency (COC) program. The
protester further contends that, contrary to the solicitation, the agency did not perform
any price evaluation or conduct a best-value tradeoff.

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