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B-421132,B-421132.2 Dec 19, 2022 1 (2022-12-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaoobp0001 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 DecisionDOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Decision a~snaaa The decision issued on the date below was subject to Matter of: Guidehouse, Inc. a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. File: B-421132; B-421132.2 Date: December 19, 2022 Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Tracye W. Howard, Esq., Cara L. Lasley, Esq., and Morgan W. Huston, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Keith R. Szeliga, Esq, Adam A. Bartolanzo, Esq., and Shaunna Bailey, Esq., Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, for Deloitte Consulting LLP, the intervenor. Sarah S. Jaward, Esq., and Matthew Lane, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Heather Self, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of quotations and resulting best-value tradeoff is denied where the evaluation and tradeoff selection of a higher-rated, higher- priced quotation were reasonable and consistent with the solicitation. DECISION Guidehouse, Inc., of McLean, Virginia, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Deloitte Consulting LLP under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70FA6022Q00000004, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for enterprise program and technical support services. Guidehouse challenges the agency's evaluation of quotations and resulting best-value tradeoff source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On August 5, 2022, using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4, the agency issued the solicitation seeking to establish a single BPA with a 1-year base period and four 1-year option periods under the successful vendor's General Services Administration (GSA) federal supply schedule (FSS) contract.

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