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                   Ioo-        U.S. GOVERNMENT   ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
                   G A O       A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work
441 G St. N.W.                                                 Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States




Decision


Matter of:  Mission Analytics, LLC

File:       B-419339

Date:       January 21, 2021

Michael Winters for the protester.
Stephenne  L. Rhodes, for Rhodes Research, the intervenor.
John W. Torresala, Esq., Erin L. Hernandez, Esq., Graeme S. Henderson, Esq., and
Ellen B. Clark, Esq., United States Marine Corps, for the agency.
Raymond  Richards, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest arguing that the agency waived certain solicitation requirements under a brand
name  or equal procurement is dismissed as untimely.
DECISION

Mission Analytics, LLC, a small business of Falls Church, Virginia, protests the award of
a contract to Rhodes Research, a small business of Las Cruces, New Mexico, under
request for quotations (RFQ) M67399-20-Q-0038, issued by the United States Marine
Corps, for audio/visual components and installation services. The protester argues that
the awardee's proposal fails to meet the salient characteristics established by the
solicitation.

We  dismiss the protest.

BACKGROUND

The agency issued the solicitation on June 15, 2020, as a small business set-aside,
using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12, Acquisition of
Commercial  Items, and part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Agency Report
(AR), Exh. 1, RFQ at 15, 36.1 The agency sought the acquisition, installation, and
configuration of interactive digital displays within the Marine Corps


1 The page numbers refer to the Adobe PDF page numbers of the redacted report
submitted by the agency.

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