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B-420896,B-420896.2 Oct 18, 2022 1 (2022-10-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaonup0001 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 V V been approved for public release. Matter of: Vector Resources, Inc. File: B-420896; B-420896.2 Date: October 18, 2022 William S. Speros, Esq., and Ashley N. Solo, Esq., MacDonald Illig Jones & Britton, LLP, for the protester. Peter B. Ford, Esq., Katherine B. Burrows, Esq., Patrick T. Rothwell, Esq., and Eric A. Valle, Esq., PilieroMazza PLLC, for Sigma Science, Inc., the intervenor. Matthew VanWormer, Esq., and William Mayers, Esq., Department of Energy, 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 Protest challenging the evaluation of the protester's and awardee's technical quotations is denied where the evaluations were reasonable and consistent with the solicitation. Although the evaluation of the awardee's quotation used terminology that corresponded to the solicitation's definition of a significant weakness, the contemporaneous record and the contracting officer's response to the protest reasonably explain why the agency assessed a weakness, rather than a significant weakness. DECISION Vector Resources, Inc., of Englewood, Florida, challenges the issuance of a task order to Sigma Science, Inc., of Albuquerque, New Mexico, by the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 89233122QNA000226, which was issued for technical and administrative support services. The protester argues that the agency unreasonably evaluated vendors' technical quotations and unreasonably selected Sigma's quotation for award. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND NNSA issued the solicitation on November 18, 2021, seeking quotations to provide technical and administrative support services for the agency's Y-12 National Security

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