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B-411767.7 1 (2016-01-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrvq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Data Recognition Corporation File: B-411767.7 Date: January 20, 2016 Gregory S. Jacobs, Esq., and Steven A. Pozefsky, Esq., Polsinelli PC, for the protester. David S. Black, Esq., Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., Elizabeth N. Jochum, Esq., and Daniel P. Hanlon, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for Ipsos Public Affairs, the intervenor. David R. Smith, Esq., Defense Health Agency, for the agency. Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the awardee's quotation under the technical factor is denied where the record shows that, even if the agency made an error during the procurement, there is no evidence that the protester was prejudiced by the alleged procurement error. DECISION Data Recognition Corporation (DRC), of Maple Grove, Minnesota, protests the award of a contract to Ipsos Public Affairs, LLC, of Washington, D.C., by the Department of Defense (DoD), Defense Health Agency (DHA) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HT001 1-1 5-R-0003 for program management support services. DRC argues that the agency unreasonably evaluated the awardee's technical quotation and challenges the agency's best-value tradeoff decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued on October 31, 2014, sought quotations from General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule contract holders to provide consultation and survey program management support services to assist in the development, administration, analysis and reporting on surveys of DoD

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