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B-419912,B-419912.2 Sep 21, 2021 1 (2021-09-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaomgv0001 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: INNOVIM, LLC File: B-419912; B-419912.2 Date: September 21, 2021 Robert J. Symon, Esq., Patrick R. Quigley, Esq., and Sabah Petrov, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for the protester. Richard P. Rector, Esq., and Christie M. Alvarez, Esq., DLA Piper LLP (US), for Earth Resources Technology, Inc., the intervenor. Florence N. Bridges, Esq., Department of Commerce, for the agency. Kasia Dourney, Esq., Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Evan C. Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 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. DECISION INNOVIM, LLC, a women-owned small business (WOSB) of Greenbelt, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to Earth Resources Technology, Inc. (ERT) of Laurel, Maryland, pursuant to task order request for proposals (TORP) No. 1305M221 QNWWX0025, which was issued by the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), for scientific support services. The protester, who is also the incumbent here, contends that the agency unreasonably evaluated its technical proposal. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On February 18, 2021, pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 16.5, the agency issued the solicitation to WOSBs holding the agency's professional, scientific, and technical services satellite domain multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts. Agency Report (AR), exh. 1, TORP at 1, 3, 21. The TORP sought proposals for scientific support services to the agency's Climate

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