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              G    U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States




Decision


Matter of:   Better Direct, LLC

File:        B-419893.27

Date:       July 5, 2023

Robert C. Warnicke, Esq., Warnicke Law PLC, for the protester.
Peter G. Hartman, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency.
Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Agency reasonably eliminated protester's proposal from award consideration where
the proposal included an incomplete attachment that was required by the solicitation.

2. Protest is denied where agency may, but is not required to, engage in clarifications
with protester to allow protester to submit complete attachment.
DECISION


Better Direct, LLC, a historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone) and service-
disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concern, of Tempe, Arizona,
protests that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unreasonably eliminated its
proposal submitted in response to request for proposals (RFP)
No. 70RTAC21  R00000003,  issued for information technology hardware and software.
Better Direct asserts that the elimination of its proposal for failing to complete a required
attachment was unreasonable when  the agency already possessed the relevant
information. Better Direct further protests that the agency should have engaged in
clarifications to allow the protester to correct this clerical error.


We  deny the protest.

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