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B-421307,B-421307.2 Mar 03, 2023 1 (2023-03-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaoojl0001 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 version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Significance Inc. File: B-421307; B-421307.2 Date: March 3, 2023 Tenley A. Carp, Esq., Justin F. Ferraro, Esq., and Dymond A. Anthony, Esq., Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, for the protester. John E. Jensen, Esq., Mary E. Buxton, Esq., and Robert Starling, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for Redwood Strategy Group, LLC, the intervenor. Amanda Belanger, Esq., and Emmalyn McCarthy, Esq., United States Marine Corps, for the agency. Michael Willems, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest alleging that agency misevaluated quotations and made an unreasonable source selection decision is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Significance, Inc., a woman-owned small business (WOSB) of Annapolis, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to Redwood Strategy Group, LLC, a WOSB of Chantilly, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. M95494-22-Q-0023. The United States Marine Corps issued the RFQ for financial management support services. The protester alleges that the agency erred in evaluating Redwood's past performance, and in the conduct of its best-value tradeoff. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On July 1, 2022, the agency issued the RFQ as a set-aside for WOSBs using the commercial acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12, and the simplified acquisition procedures of FAR subpart 13.5. Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, RFQ at 1; Memorandum of Law (MOL) at 2. The RFQ contemplated the award of a single fixed-price contract with a 1-year base period and two 1-year option periods.

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