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B-420242,B-420242.2 Jan 18, 2022 1 (2022-01-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaomtg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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: Chevo Consulting, LLC File: B-420242; B-420242.2 Date: January 18, 2022 Michelle E. Litteken, Esq., C. Kelly Kroll, Esq., and Andew J. Mohr, Esq., Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, for the protester. Jose Otero, Esq., and Jonathan Pomerance, Esq., Department of Labor, for the agency. Kasia Dourney, 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 unreasonably and unequally evaluated the protester's staffing plan is denied where, despite errors in the evaluation, the record does not show that the protester was competitively prejudiced by such errors. 2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of past performance is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 3. Protest that the agency performed an improper best-value tradeoff determination is denied where the source selection authority considered and compared the competing quotations and reasonably concluded that the potential benefits of protester's higher- rated quotation did not warrant the associated price premium. DECISION Chevo Consulting, LLC, a small business of Rockville, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to Broadleaf, Inc., also a small business of Manassas, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 1605TA-21-Q-00027, issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) for program management office support services. Chevo, the incumbent contractor, contends that the agency unreasonably and unequally evaluated its staffing plan, and improperly selected a vendor that submitted a noncompliant quotation. The protester also challenges DOL's evaluation of the awardee's past performance, and the agency's best-value tradeoff, which concluded that the technical advantages of Chevo's quotation did not warrant its nearly 50 percent price premium. We deny the protest.

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