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B-420308,B-420308.2,B-420308.3 Jan 19, 2022 1 (2022-01-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaomrn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O~ U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 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 L been approved for public release. Matter of: Candor Solutions, LLC File: B-420308; B-420308.2; B-420308.3 Date: January 19, 2022 W. Brad English, Esq., Jon D. Levin, Esq., Emily J. Chancey, Esq., Joshua B. Duvall, Esq., Nicholas P. Greer, Esq., and Mary Ann Hanke, Esq., Maynard Cooper & Gale PC, for the protester. John R. Tolle, Esq., Baker, Cronogue, Tolle & Werfel, LLP, for the intervenor. Christopher J. Reames, Esq., Angela Varner, Esq., Christopher Curry, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation of quotations is denied where record shows that agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. DECISION Candor Solutions, LLC, of McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to VMD Systems Integrators, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70T02020Q6AC00128, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, for information systems security officer support services. Candor argues that the agency misevaluated quotations and made an unreasonable source selection decision in light of its evaluation errors. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ contemplates the issuance of a fixed-price task order on a best-value tradeoff basis for a base year and four 1-year options. Firms were advised that the source selection would take into consideration price and two non-price considerations,

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