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B-419930 Sep 23, 2021 1 (2021-09-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaomjv0001 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: Platinum Business Services LLC File: B-419930 Date: September 23, 2021 Lee Dougherty, Esq., Effectus PLLC, for the protester. Elizabeth N. Jochum, Esq., Zachary D. Prince, Esq., and Lea A. Dickinson, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for Delviom, LLC, the intervenor. Ekta Patel, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Jacob M. Talcott, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of protester's quotation is denied where evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest alleging awardee engaged in impermissible bait and switch is dismissed where protester fails to demonstrate awardee baited the agency, or intended to replace furnished key personnel with less qualified personnel. DECISION Platinum Business Services LLC, an 8(a) small business of Catonsville, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to Delviom, LLC, an 8(a) small business of Ashburn, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70FA3021 Q00000022, issued by the Department of the Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for cyber assessment and risk management support services. The protester argues the agency unreasonably evaluated its quotation, which led to an improper award to Delviom. The protester also argues the awardee engaged in an impermissible bait and switch tactic with respect to its proposed key personnel. We deny the protest in part and dismiss it in part.

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