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B-420202,B-420202.2 Dec 30, 2021 1 (2021-12-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaomqw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Ioo       U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFICE
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:  Emagine IT, Inc.
File:     B-420202; B-420202.2
Date:     December 30, 2021
Thomas K. David, Esq., Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., and Katherine A. David, Esq., David,
Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for the protester.
Kristen E. Ittig, Esq., Amanda Sherwood, Esq., and Jessica Nejberger, Esq., Arnold &
Porter LLP, for Customer Value Partners, Inc., the intervenor.
Robert D. Banfield, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency.
David A. Edelstein, Esq., and Evan C. Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest of agency's evaluation of protester's technical and past performance
proposals is denied where the protester has not demonstrated that any of the
weaknesses the agency identified in its proposal were unreasonably assessed.
2. Protest that the agency unequally evaluated the proposals of the protester and
awardee is denied where the protester has not demonstrated that differences in the
agency's evaluations were not due to actual differences in the proposals.
DECISION
Emagine IT, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Customer
Value Partners, Inc. (CVP), under request for proposals (RFP) No. 140DO421 R0034,
issued by the Department of the Interior for cybersecurity support services. Emagine
challenges the agency's evaluation of its technical and past performance proposals,
alleges unequal treatment in the evaluation, and challenges the best-value
determination.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
On June 7, 2021, the Department of the Interior issued the RFP for enterprise
information technology cybersecurity support services on behalf of the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer

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