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B-420253,B-420253.4,B-420253.5 Jan 12, 2022 1 (2022-01-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaomrp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G;AOU.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 been approved for public release. Matter of: Battelle Memorial Institute File: B-420253; B-420253.4; B-420253.5 Date: January 12, 2022 Marques O. Peterson, Esq., Meghan D. Doherty, Esq., Robert Starling, Esq., and Dinesh Dharmadasa, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for the protester. Susan W. Ebner, Esq., Eric Whytsell, Esq., Judith Araujo, Esq., and Allison Kruse, Esq., Stinson LLP, for Science Applications International Corporation, the intervenor. Michael Kiffney, Esq., Christopher J. Reames, Esq., Thomas McGivern, Esq., and Maged Sharabi, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Uri R. Yoo, Esq., and Evan C. Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency failed to assess multiple benefits to the protester's quotation, while unreasonably assessing two risks, is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation. 2. Protest that the agency's evaluation of proposed key personnel was unequal is denied where the record shows that the difference in the agency's assessment of benefits and risks was based on the differences in the vendors' quotations. 3. Protest that the agency waived a material solicitation requirement for the awardee is denied where the record shows that the agency did not waive the solicitation requirement and reasonably found the awardee's proposed approach to travel costs to be acceptable. 4. Protester is not an interested party to challenge the agency's evaluation of awardee's technical quotation where the protester has not challenged an intervening vendor, and the record shows that even if the protest were sustained on this ground, the protester would not be next in line for award. DECISION Battelle Memorial Institute, of Columbus, Ohio, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC),

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