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B-418461.13,B-418461.20 Feb 24, 2021 1 (2021-02-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaoliw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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: Veteran Technology Partners III LLC File: B-418461.13; B-418461.20 Date: February 24, 2021 Elizabeth Jochum, Esq., Nora K. Brent, Esq., and Zachary D. Prince, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for the protester. Frank V. DiNicola, Esq., Desiree A. DiCorcia, Esq., Tara Nash, Esq., and Ronald J. Bakay, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Kasia Dourney, Esq., and Evan C. Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions during step one of the evaluation is denied where the solicitation provided that offerors could not correct or revise specific aspect of proposals, and where the agency was under no obligation to engage in clarifications regarding that aspect of the proposal. 2. Protest challenging the evaluation of the protester's technical proposal is denied where there is no basis to conclude that the agency's evaluation was unreasonable. 3. Protest alleging that the agency failed to adequately consider non-technical factors in the competitive range determination is denied where the record shows the competitive range determination considered non-technical factors and was otherwise reasonable. DECISION Veteran Technology Partners III LLC (VTP), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Alton, Illinois, protests the elimination of its proposal from the competition by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C10B19R0046 for professional and information technology (IT) services.1 The protester argues that the agency unreasonably eliminated its proposal. Specifically, VTP contends that the VA failed to conduct meaningful discussions during 1 VTP is a mentor-protege SDVOSB joint venture between SDVOSB protege Competitive Range Solutions, LLC and mentor Red River Technology LLC. Protest, Exh. H at 1-2.

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