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B-421109,B-421109.2,B-421109.3,B-421109.4 Jan 04, 2023 1 (2023-01-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaoojy0001 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 redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Sierra7, Inc.; V3Gate, LLC File: B-421109; B-421109.2; B-421109.3; B-421109.4 Date: January 4, 2023 Thomas K. David, Esq., Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., and Katherine A. David, Esq., David, Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for Sierra7, Inc.; and Jonathan T. Williams, Esq., Katherine B. Burrows, Esq., Kevin T. Barnett, Esq., and Patrick T. Rothwell, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for V3Gate, LLC, the protesters. Gary J. Campbell, Esq., Miles A. McCann, Esq., and Joshuah R. Turner, Esq., Perkins Coie LLP, for Minburn Technology Group, LLC; and Daniel R. Forman, Esq., and William B. O'Reilly, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for AATD, LLC, the intervenors. Mellany Alio, Esq., and Reza Behinia, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Kasia Dourney, Esq., and Alexander O. Levine, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency unreasonably found awardees' quotations compliant with the material requirements of the solicitation is denied where the record reveals that the agency's conclusions were reasonable and consistent with the solicitation requirements. 2. Protest that the agency failed to meaningfully consider awardee's compliance with applicable cybersecurity requirements is denied where the agency reasonably relied on awardee's representation in this regard. 3. Protest that the agency improperly engaged in additional clarification with one vendor, and then subsequently issued a solicitation amendment to change a solicitation requirement that vendor identified as overly restrictive is denied where additional clarification was proper, and the amendment was intended to enhance competition. DECISION Sierra7, Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Falls Church, Virginia, and V3Gate, LLC, also an SDVOSB of Colorado Springs, Colorado, protest the issuance of delivery orders to Minburn Technology Group, LLC, of Great Falls, Virginia, and AATD, LLC, of San Antonio, Texas, under request for quotations

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