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                    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:   Grove Street Investment, LLC

File:        B-421489

Date:        June 7, 2023

Edward  J. Tolchin, Esq., Offit Kurman Attorneys-at-Law, for the protester.
Julie K. Cannatti, Esq., Justin D. Haselden, Esq., and Jonathan I. Pomerance, Esq.,
Department  of Housing and Urban Development, for the agency.
Uri R. Yoo, Esq., and Alexander O. Levine, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest asserting that agency was required to seek clarification of an error in
protester's proposal, caused by an alleged latent solicitation ambiguity, is denied where
the solicitation was not ambiguous and the agency was under no obligation to seek
clarification of the inaccurate information submitted by the protester.

2. Protest challenging the evaluation of the protester's past performance is denied
where the protester failed to submit the past performance narrative required by the
solicitation to demonstrate relevancy.
DECISION

Grove Street Investment, LLC, a small business of Arlington, Virginia, protests the
award of a contract to NuvoLogic Consulting, Inc., a small business of McLean, Virginia,
under request for proposals (RFP) No. 86615622R00004.  The solicitation was issued
by the Department of Housing and Urban Development  (HUD)  for loan underwriting and
closing services in support of the agency's administration of its mortgage insurance
program.  The protester contends that the agency unreasonably evaluated Grove
Street's proposal under the technical approach and past performance factors.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The agency  issued the solicitation on July 13, 2022, for project management, loan
insurance underwriting, loan closing, and loan monitoring and administration in support

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