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B-420660,B-420660.2,B-420660.4,B-420660.5,B-420660.6 Jul 13, 2022 1 (2022-07-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaonkm0001 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 been approved for public release. Matter of: Citizant, Inc.; Steampunk, Inc. File: B-420660; B-420660.2, B-420660.4; B-420660.5, B-420660.6 Date: July 13, 2022 Tenley A. Carp, Esq., Sara M. Lord, Esq., and Erin N. Winn, Esq., Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, for Citizant, Inc.; and David S. Black, Esq., Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., Hillary J. Freund, Esq., and Danielle Rich, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for Steampunk, Inc., the protesters. Lars E. Anderson, Esq., Charlotte R. Rosen, Esq., and James P. Miller, Esq., Odin Feldman & Pittleman, P.C., for SiloSmashers, Inc., the intervenor. Philip Lee, Esq., and Russell Moy, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Raymond Richards, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Challenge to the evaluation of the protester's quotation under the price factor is denied where the record demonstrates that the protester failed to submit a price quotation in accordance with the solicitation's instructions and the agency reasonably excluded that vendor from the best-value tradeoff. 2. Protester is not an interested party to challenge the agency's technical evaluation where its quotation was reasonably excluded from award consideration for failing to submit a compliant price quotation. 3. Protest challenging the evaluation of the awardee's quotation under the demonstrated corporate experience factor is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was conducted reasonably and in accordance with the solicitation. 4. Protest alleging that the awardee's quotation materially misrepresented the experience of the firm's proposed program manager is denied where the protester fails to establish that the issue was material to the evaluation. 5. Protest challenging the evaluation of quotations under the oral presentation factor is denied for failing to demonstrate competitive prejudice.

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