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B-421447 May 11, 2023 1 (2023-05-11)

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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
                                       a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                       been approved for public release.

Matter of:   New Generation Solution, LLC

File:        B-421447

Date:        May 11, 2023

W. Brad English, Esq., Jon D. Levin, Esq., Emily J. Chancey, Esq., Nicholas P. Greer,
Esq., and Mary Ann Hanke, Esq., Maynard Nexsen, P.C., for the protester.
Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., Kelsey M. Hayes, Esq., and Danielle R. Rich, Esq., Holland
& Knight LLP, for NiyamlT, Inc., the intervenor.
Anthony Juzaitis, Esq., and Keri Borzilleri, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for
the agency.
Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging agency's technical evaluation is denied where the agency evaluated
the quotations in accordance with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION

New  Generation Solution, LLC, a small business of Huntsville, Alabama (NewGen),
protests the issuance of a task order to NiyamlT, Inc., a small business of Leesburg,
Virginia (Niyam), under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70FA3122Q00000040, issued
by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management  Agency
(FEMA), for information technology (IT) services. The protester challenges the
reasonableness of the agency's evaluation of its technical quotation and the best-value
tradeoff analysis.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

Using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 16.5, FEMA
issued the solicitation on October 25, 2022, to small businesses holding contracts under
the General Services Administration's 8(a) STARS III governmentwide acquisition

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