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B-417950.5,B-417950.6 May 10, 2021 1 (2021-05-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaolrh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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: Candor Solutions, LLC File: B-417950.5; B-417950.6 Date: May 10, 2021 Jon D. Levin, Esq., W. Brad English, Esq., Emily J. Chancey, Esq., Michael W. Rich, Esq., and J. Dale Gipson, Esq., Maynard Cooper & Gale PC, for the protester. Richard B. Oliver, Esq., and J. Matthew Carter, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for Systems Plus, Inc., the intervenor. Tudo N. Pham, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Heather Self, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's selection of a higher-rated, higher-priced proposal is denied because the record reflects the agency evaluated proposals reasonably and in a non-disparate manner, and that the evaluations and source selection decision were consistent with the solicitation. DECISION Candor Solutions, LLC, a small business of McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Systems Plus, Inc., a small business of Rockville, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 19FS1A19R0001, issued by the Department of State for information technology (IT) support services. The protester challenges multiple aspects of the agency's evaluation of proposals and source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On May 6, 2019, pursuant to the provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 16.5, the Department of State's Foreign Service Institute (FSI) issued the solicitation to small business holders of the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners 3 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts. Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 1. The solicitation sought proposals for an array of IT support and instructional systems design and development services to

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