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B-419956.18,B-419956.19,B-419956.24 Nov 23, 2021 1 (2021-11-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaomkr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo- U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE G A O A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Computer World Services Corporation; CWS FMTI JV LLC File: B-419956.18; B-419956.19; B-419956.24 Date: November 23, 2021 Michelle E. Litteken, Esq., C. Kelly Kroll, Esq., and Andrew J. Mohr, Esq., Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, for the protesters. Karyne Akhtar, Esq., and Krystal A. Jordan, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, and Meagan K. Guerzon, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agencies. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging a solicitation that limits the number of experience examples that may be submitted by a large business mentor in a mentor-protege joint venture is sustained where, although the solicitation provision is not expressly prohibited by small business laws or regulations, the agency does not establish that the restriction is reasonable, and where the agency does not reasonably explain why mentor-protege joint ventures with small business mentors are treated differently. 2. Protest that a solicitation provides for an improper responsibility determination based on the experience of a protege member of a mentor-protege joint venture is denied where the agency states that it does not intend to make such a determination, and where, in any event, the agency is not prohibited from making such a determination. 3. Protests that evaluation criteria for experience and past performance improperly require offerors to submit information regarding the obligated value of contracts performed, rather than the awarded value, is denied where the agency reasonably explains that the former metric provides more relevant information.

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