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B-419239,B-419239.2 1 (2021-01-08)

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                   1O   o   U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
                                A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work
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:   Professional Analysis, Inc.

File:     B-419239; B-419239.2

Date:     January 8,   2021

Brian A. Darst, Esq., Brian A. Darst Attorney at Law, for the protester.
David T. Ralston Jr., Esq., Julia Di Vito, Esq., and Frank S. Murray, Esq., Foley &
Lardner LLP, for Cervello Technologies, LLC, the intervenor.
Ellen B. Clark, Esq., Veronica Hale, Esq., Elise L. Jones, Esq., and Graeme Henderson,
Esq., United States Marine Corps, for the agency.
Lois Hanshaw, Esq., and Evan Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest against the issuance of a task order for logistical support services is denied
where the record shows the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with
the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION

Professional Analysis, Inc. (PAI), a veteran-owned small business of Alexandria,
Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Cervello Technologies, LLC (Cervello),
a veteran-owned small business of Clearwater, Florida, by the U.S. Marine Corps,
under request for quotations (RFQ) No. M67004-20-Q-0008 for distribution
management   support services. PAI argues that Cervello is ineligible for award and the
agency's evaluation of Cervello's and PAl's quotations under the technical, past
performance, and price evaluation factors was flawed.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On  March 30, 2020, the Marines issued the RFQ under the procedures of Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4. Agency Report (AR) Tab 2, RFQ at 1. The
RFQ  sought a contractor to provide distribution management support services. Id.
at 13. This support entails providing integrated logistics support in the areas of program
management,  distribution, metrics and analysis, supply chain management, advocacy,

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