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B-418405.5,B-418405.6 Mar 05, 2021 1 (2021-03-05)

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                   1Oo 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:   Lamb  Informatics, Ltd.

File:     B-418405.5; B-418405.6

Date:        March 5, 2021

Lawrence  P. Block, Esq., and Elizabeth G. Leavy, Esq., Reed Smith LLP, for the
protester.
J. Scott Hommer III, Esq., Rebecca E. Pearson, Esq., Krista A. Nunez, Esq., Taylor A.
Hillman, Esq., and Caleb E. McCallum, Esq., Venable, LLP, for Pyramid Systems, Inc.,
the intervenor.
Jackson Reams,  Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency.
Christopher Alwood, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging the agency's assessment of a deficiency under the management
approach factor is denied where the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent
with the solicitation criteria.

2. Protester is not an interested party to challenge other aspects of the evaluation
where its quotation was reasonably evaluated as ineligible for award.
DECISION

Lamb  Informatics Limited, of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to
Pyramid Systems,  Inc. of Fairfax, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ)
No. ID11190052,  issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) on behalf of the
Department  of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)  for information technology (IT)
support services. The protester alleges that the agency unreasonably assessed a
deficiency under the management approach evaluation factor. The protester also
challenges various other aspects of the agency's evaluation and award decision.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

GSA  issued the solicitation via the agency's e-Buy website on November 8, 2019,
seeking quotations to provide IT support services in for HUD's Office of the Chief

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