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B-419152 1 (2020-12-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecee0001 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 Decision Matter of: Practical Solutions, Inc. File: B-419152 Date: December 17, 2020 Jehad Hajeer, Practical Solutions, Inc., for the protester. Peter J. Orlowicz, Esq., and Debra Chesnin, Esq., Railroad Retirement Board, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Evan C. Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging award to a higher technically rated, higher-priced vendor is denied where the solicitation provided that technical merit was essentially equal to price and the agency's procurement record provided a reasonable basis for the award decision. DECISION Practical Solutions, Inc., a small business of Washington, D.C., protests the award of a task order to TrueTandem, LLC, of Herndon, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 60RRBH20R0018, issued by the Railroad Retirement Board for computer engineering services. The protester contends that the agency made an improper source selection decision by awarding the task order to TrueTandem based on that vendor's higher technically rated and higher-priced proposal. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on June 24, 2020, contemplated award of a fixed-price task order in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4. Agency Report (AR), Exh. 1, RFP at 1, 5. The RFP limited competition to vendors who hold contracts

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