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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. The entire decision has now
been approved for public release
Matter of: Ernst & Young, LLP
File: B-422025
Date: December 29, 2023
Craig A. Holman, Esq., Amanda J. Sherwood, Esq., and Julia Swafford, Esq.,
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, for the protester.
Carlos S. Pedraza, Esq., and Camille Small-Simon, Esq., Department of Justice, for the
agency.
Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protester's complaints regarding the agency's evaluation of its quotation during an
initial phase of the procurement are premature where the agency has not made any
award and has not excluded the protester from the competition.
2. Protester's speculation regarding the agency's future actions do not establish a basis
for protest.
DECISION
Ernst & Young LLP (E&Y), of New York, New York, protests the Department of Justice's
evaluation of E&Y's quotation under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 1629665 to
provide professional and information technology support services. E&Y asserts that,
based on the agency's evaluation of E&Y's quotation during the first phase of the
procurement, its quotation was effectively eliminate[d] from further consideration.
Protest at 3.1
We dismiss the protest.
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