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B-421511,B-421511.2 Jun 14, 2023 1 (2023-06-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaoovs0001 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: Strativia LLC File: B-421511; B-421511.2 Date: June 14, 2023 Eden Brown Gaines, Esq., Brown Gaines, LLC, for the protester. Thomas K. David, Esq., and Lewis Rhodes, Esq., Reston Law Group, LLP, for Field Data Technology, LLC, the intervenor. Adam Humphries, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Christine Milne, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency unreasonably and disparately evaluated quotations is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably and equally evaluated quotations in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Strativia, LLC, of Largo, Maryland, protests the award of a task order to Field Data Technology (FDT), of Falls Church, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 12319823Q0003. The Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) issued the RFQ for support of a Retailer Service Center (RSC) for retailers authorized or seeking to be authorized to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP) benefits. The protester primarily contends that the agency unreasonably and disparately evaluated quotations. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND SNAP is a federal nutrition assistance program that provides eligible individuals and households a monthly benefit to purchase food at SNAP-authorized stores or retailers. Agency Report (AR), exh. 6, RFQ, attach. 1, Performance Work Statement (PWS) at ¶ 1.0. The RSC serves as the main access point for communicating with current and potential retailers. Id.

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