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B-421310 Mar 15, 2023 1 (2023-03-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaoojo0001 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: Development Services Group, Inc. File: B-421310 Date: March 15, 2023 Todd M. Garland, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for the protester. Jennifer Yang, Esq., Tony Ross, Esq., Eno-Obong Essien, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Michael P. Price, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's determination that the protester's proposal was non-compliant is denied where the agency reasonably found that the protester omitted required information and otherwise failed to follow the solicitation's instructions. DECISION Development Services Group, Inc. (DSG), a small business of Bethesda, Maryland, protests the agency's determination that it submitted a non-compliant proposal in response to request for task order proposals (RFTOP) No. 283-23-0589A, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), for training and technical assistance support services. The protester argues that the agency's determination that its proposal was non-compliant was unreasonable, represents an unduly harsh elevation of form over substance, and that the solicitation was latently ambiguous. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND SAMHSA issued the RFTOP on November 9, 2022, to certain holders of SAMHSA indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts.1 AR, Tab 03a, RFTOP 1 The agency issued the RFTOP via email to certain large and small business SAMHSA IDIQ contract holders. See Agency Report (AR), Tab 03a, RFTOP Transmittal Email.

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