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B-421182,B-421182.2 Jan 17, 2023 1 (2023-01-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaooek0001 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 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Octo Consulting Group, Inc. File: B-421182; B-421182.2 Date: January 17, 2023 Damien C. Specht, Esq., Caitlin A. Crujido, Esq., and Roke Iko, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for the protester. Shelly L. Ewald, Esq., Andrew L. Balland, Esq., and Jordan A. Hutcheson, Esq., Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP, for Leidos, Inc., the intervenor. Lucy Mac Gabhann, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, 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 Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of quotations is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Octo Consulting Group, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Leidos, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. RFQ-CMS-220925, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for information technology (IT) services to support the Continuously Available CMS Hosting Environment (CACHE) Managed Infrastructure Service Provider (MiSP) program. The protester contends the agency unreasonably evaluated quotations, which resulted in an unreasonable source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The CACHE MiSP program is a multi-prong initiative designed to ensure that the IT infrastructure, hosting and enterprise services that support CMS's operations remain flexible and secure enough to support the needs of the agency. Agency Report (AR),

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