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B-421561.10 Oct 10, 2023 1 (2023-10-10)

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        G     ';    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:   Skyward  IT Solutions, LLC

File:        B-421561.10

Date:     October 10,   2023

David B. Dixon, Esq., Robert C. Starling, Esq., Toghrul M. Shukurlu, Esq., and
Aleksey R. Dabbs, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for the protester.
Pamela  R. Waldron, Esq., and Krystal Jordan, Esq., Department of Health and Human
Services, 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 the scope of an agency's proposed corrective action in response to
several earlier protests is denied where the corrective action is reasonable in light of the
flaws the agency believes exist in the procurement.
DECISION

Skyward  IT Solutions, LLC, a small business located in Gaithersburg, Maryland,
protests the scope of the agency's corrective action concerning request for quotations
(RFQ)  No. 75FCMC21  Q0013,  issued by the Department of Health and Human
Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), for the establishment of
multiple blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) for agile collaboration and modernization
endeavors.  Skyward argues that the agency's corrective action fails to identify the flaws
in the procurement process that the corrective action is intended to remedy. The
protester also asserts that the corrective action is insufficient to address the issues
raised in Skyward's prior protest.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On June  21, 2021, the agency issued the RFQ to vendors holding contracts under
General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule special item number (SIN)
54151S, for information technology professional services, using the procedures of
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4. Agency Report (AR), Tab 4A, RFQ

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