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B-419219,B-419219.2 1 (2020-12-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeckb0001 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 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: Logistics Management Institute File: B-419219; B-419219.2 Date: December 30, 2020 Alexander J. Brittin, Esq., Brittin Law Group, PLLC; and Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Esq., Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC, for the protester. John R. Prairie, Esq., Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Cara L. Lasley, Esq., and Nicole E. Giles, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for RELI Group, Inc., the intervenor. Douglas W. Kornreich, Esq., and Kevin Misener, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, 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 asserting that agency applied unstated evaluation criteria and unreasonably evaluated protester's proposal is denied where the agency reasonably found that the approach proposed by the protester failed to demonstrate an understanding of the statement of work requirements. 2. Protest challenging the agency's discussions with the awardee as unequal is denied where the agency was not obligated to conduct discussions with an offeror whose proposal was reasonably found to be unacceptable on the basis of that offeror's failure to understand a significant statement of work requirement. DECISION Logistics Management Institute (LMI), located in Tysons, Virginia, challenges the issuance of a task order to RELI Group, Inc., located in Catonsville, Maryland, under task order request for proposals (TORP) No. RMADA2-TORP-2020-0007, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for compliance support services. LMI contends that the agency unreasonably and unequally evaluated its technical proposal, conducted unequal discussions, and made a flawed best-value determination. We deny the protest.

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