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B-419834.2,B-419834.3 Sep 20, 2021 1 (2021-09-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaomfq0001 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: Innovative Management Concepts, Inc. File: B-419834.2; B-419834.3 Date: September 20, 2021 Erin L. Felix, Esq., Holly A. Roth, Esq., and Elise S. Seale, Esq., Polsinelli PC, for the protester. James W. Norment, Esq., Ward and Smith, P.A., and John J. O'Brien, Esq., Cordatis LLP, for Epsilon, Inc., the intervenor. Nicholas M. Bidwell, Esq., Eric F. Mulch, Esq, Kevin R. Hilferty, Esq., Thomas Cordova, Esq., and Elizabeth Cypers, Esq., Department of Energy, 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 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation under the technical and past performance factors is denied where the record reflects that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest alleging disparate treatment is denied where the record reflects that the differences in evaluations resulted from differences in vendors' quotations. DECISION Innovative Management Concepts, Inc. (IMC), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Sterling, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Epsilon, Inc., an SDVOSB of Weaverville, North Carolina, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 8950319QWA00032, issued by the Department of Energy's Western Area Power Authority (WAPA) for information technology (IT) services. The protester challenges numerous aspects of the agency's evaluation of quotations and its best-value tradeoff source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On May 28, 2020, under the fair opportunity procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 16.5, the agency issued the solicitation to SDVOSB holders

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