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B-420456,B-420456.2,B-420456.3 Apr 14, 2022 1 (2022-04-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaonaa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAiOU.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 / 7been approved for public release. Matter of: NextGen Federal Systems, LLC File: B-420456; B-420456.2; B-420456.3 Date: April 14, 2022 C. Peter Dungan, Esq., Alfred M. Wurglitz, Esq., Tara D. Hopkins, Esq., and Jarrod R. Carman, Esq., Miles & Stockbridge P.C., for the protester. John E. Jensen, Esq., Robert C. Starling, Esq., and Ariella M. Cassell, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for Paragon Technology Group, Inc., the intervenor. Lawrence M. Anderson, Esq., Colonel Frank Yoon, Robert D. Bowers, Esq., Robert J. Depke, Esq., Kenneth M. Roth, Esq., and Erika Whelan Retta, Esq., Department of Defense, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Challenge to the evaluation of protester's technical quotation is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Challenge to the evaluation of the awardee's quoted price and professional compensation rates is denied where the agency reasonably found that awardee's labor rates were realistic, and where the protester does not establish that it was prejudiced by the evaluation of the awardee's professional compensation. 3. Challenge to the evaluation of past performance is denied where evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 4. Argument that the agency misled the protester during discussions is denied where the agency reasonably advised the protester that its quoted labor rates were too low, and where the agency provided the protester an opportunity to either raise its rates or justify them as quoted. DECISION NextGen Federal Systems, LLC, of Morgantown, West Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Paragon Technology Group, Inc., of Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HTC71121 QD010, which was issued by the

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