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B-422105 Jan 03, 2024 1 (2024-01-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaopsp0001 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 version has been - - - - - - approved for public release. Matter of: Pueo Business Solutions, LLC File: B-422105 Date: January 3, 2024 Ryan C. Bradel, Esq., and Michael E. Hatch, Esq., Ward & Berry, PLLC, for the protester. Stephanie Harden, Esq., Elizabeth Jochum, Esq., Michael Montalbano, Esq., David L. Bodner, Esq., and Oliver Jury, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for Maveris, LLC, the intervenor. Reza Behinia, Esq., and Peter S. Kozlowski, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Michael P. Grogan, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that awardee had unfair competitive advantage stemming from its having hired a former agency employee is denied where the agency investigated the issue and reasonably concluded that the awardee did not gain an unfair advantage. 2. Protest challenging the evaluation of the protester's technical quotation is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Pueo Business Solutions, LLC (Pueo), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Fredericksburg, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Maveris, LLC, an SDVOSB of Arlington, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C10B23Q0450, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), for cybersecurity services. The protester alleges the VA failed to adequately consider and mitigate a conflict of interest, and also challenges the agency's evaluation of its quotation. We deny the protest.

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