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B-420687.3,B-420687.4 May 12, 2023 1 (2023-05-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaoory0001 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: Derivative, LLC File: B-420687.3; B-420687.4 Date: May 12, 2023 Jennifer S. Zucker, Esq., Christopher M. O'Brien, Esq., and Timothy M. McLister, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, for the protester. Colleen Eagan, Esq., Joseph Buitron, Esq., and Maurice Griffithe, Esq., Defense Information Systems Agency, for the agency. Samantha S. Lee, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protests challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals are denied where record reflects the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria. 2. Protest challenging the agency's selection of a higher-rated, higher-priced proposal is denied where record reflects the best-value tradeoff was reasonable, consistent with the solicitation, and adequately documented the technical merits of the awardee's proposal that justify payment of its associated price premium. DECISION Derivative, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business of Arlington, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Credence Dynamo Solutions, LLC, a small disadvantaged business of Vienna, Virginia, under Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) request for proposals (RFP) No. 1545426, issued for systems engineering and technical assistance (SETA) support services. The protester alleges that the agency's evaluation of proposals and award decision were improper. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On March 11, 2022, using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 16.5, the agency issued the solicitation to holders of General Services

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