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B-420178.3,B-420178.4 Jul 25, 2022 1 (2022-07-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaonom0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G 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 v v been approved for public release. Matter of: Lumen Technologies Government Solutions, Inc. File: B-420178.3; B-420178.4 Date: July 25, 2022 Shelly L. Ewald, Esq., Richard G. Mann, Jr., Esq., Sarah Bloom, Esq., and Andrew L. Balland, Esq., Watt Tieder Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP, for the protester. Jonathan M. Baker, Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., and Tyler S. Brown, Esq. Crowell & Moring LLP, for AT&T Corporation, the intervenor. Marcela A. Liddick, Esq., and Carlos S. Pedraza, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Challenge to the conduct of discussions is denied where the agency did not mislead the protester by advising it of a limited number of prices the agency found unreasonably high. 2. Protest that the agency failed to identify and consider additional information concerning the awardee's past performance is denied where the performance was for contracts awarded by different agencies and where the protester does not establish that the agency was obligated to consider this information. 3. Challenge to the award decision is denied where the agency reasonably explained the basis for selecting a lower-priced, lower technically rated proposal for award. DECISION Lumen Technologies Government Solutions, Inc., of Monroe, Louisiana, challenges the issuance of a task order to AT&T Corporation, of Oakton, Virginia, by the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), under request for proposals (RFP) No. 15F06720R0000174, which was issued for network, data and voice services. The protester argues that the agency misled it during discussions; the agency failed to identify and consider additional information concerning the awardee's past performance; and the award decision did not adequately justify the selection of the awardee's lower- priced, lower technically rated proposal.

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