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B-420245.4,B-420245.5,B-420245.6,B-420245.7 Nov 18, 2022 1 (2022-11-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaonyr0001 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 been approved for public release. Matter of: HamHed, LLC File: B-420245.4; B-420245.5; B-420245.6; B-420245.7 Date: November 18, 2022 Joshua D. Schnell, Esq., Daniel J. Strouse, Esq., Jason W. Moy, Esq., and Rhina M. Cardenal, Esq., Cordatis Law LLP, for the protester. Deborah K. Morrell, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Jacob M. Talcott, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of quotations is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging the agency's decision to use in-house services during the pendency of the protest is dismissed as that decision involves the exercise of the agency's business judgment and executive branch policy, and thus, is not a matter for our consideration. DECISION HamHed LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Jeffersonville, Indiana, protests the award of a contract to Mark Brailsford Group Integrated Solutions (MBGIS), an SDVOSB of Fayetteville, Georgia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C24722Q0001, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs for janitorial services at the Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Charleston, South Carolina. The protester contends that the agency unreasonably evaluated its quotation and MBGIS's quotation, which resulted in an improper award. The protester also contends that the agency's decision to utilize in-house janitorial services during the pendency of this protest violated numerous statutes and regulations. We deny the protest in part, and dismiss it in part.

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