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B-420777.2,B-420777.3 Feb 07, 2023 1 (2023-02-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaoohj0001 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 a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Computer World Services Corporation File: B-420777.2; B-420777.3 Date: February 7, 2023 Matthew T. Schoonover, Esq., Matthew P. Moriarty, Esq., John M. Mattox II, Esq., Ian P. Patterson, Esq., and Timothy J. Laughlin, Esq., Schoonover & Moriarty LLC, for the protester. Kara L. Daniels, Esq., and Cate Baskin, Esq., Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, for Ideation Solutions JV, LLC, the intervenor. Ethan Chae, Esq., and Jon Gottschalk, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest arguing that discussions were not meaningful is denied where the agency provided the offeror with all required information during discussions. 2. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of awardee's technical proposal is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 3. Protest challenging agency's best-value tradeoff determination is denied where the record reflects that the contracting officer reasonably found the proposals of the awardee and the protester to be technically equal and selected the lower-priced proposal for award. DECISION Computer World Services Corporation (CWS), a small business of Falls Church, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Ideation Solutions JV, LLC, also a small business of Falls Church, Virginia, under task order request for proposal (TORP) No. C-89192-SB. The Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued the solicitation for information technology (IT) customer support services. CWS challenges the agency's evaluation of technical proposals and award decision, and contends that the agency failed to engage in meaningful discussions. We deny the protest.

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