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B-422169 Jan 31, 2024 1 (2024-01-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaopvv0001 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 a GAO Protective Order. No party requested redactions; D ecisio n W are therefore releasing the decision in its entirety. Matter of: FedWriters, Inc. File: B-422169 Date: January 31, 2024 Lewis P. Rhodes, Esq., and Orest J. Jowyk, Esq., Reston Law Group, LLP, for the protester. Lucy G. Mac Gabhann, Esq., and Jon J. Gottschalk, Esq, Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly evaluated protester's quotation for the establishment of multiple blanket purchase agreements as unacceptable is denied where the record shows that determination was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION FedWriters, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, a small business, protests the exclusion of its quotation from the competitive range under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 75R60223Q00198, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for technical and professional services for an integrated health communication, marketing, education, and information dissemination campaign for the agency's Health Resources and Services Administration. FedWriters argues that HHS unreasonably rejected its quotation as unacceptable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND HHS issued the RFQ on August 4, 2023, seeking quotations from small businesses holding Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts. The RFQ anticipated the establishment of multiple blanket purchase agreements (BPA) for a base year and four option years. The RFQ identified two evaluation factors: technical quote and price

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