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B-413816.3 1 (2017-07-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtpj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO 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: Katmai Health Services, LLC File: B-413816.3 Date: July 12, 2017 William K. Walker, Esq., Walker Reausaw, for the protester. Ethan E. Marsh, Esq., Damien C. Specht, Esq., and James A. Tucker, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for Arctic Slope Mission Services, LLC, the intervenor. Rachel G. Borden, Esq., Holly H. Styles, Esq., and Jonathan D. Tepper, Esq., Internal Revenue Service, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, parcticipated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of the award of a contract is denied where the protester has not demonstrated that it was competitively prejudiced by the agency's improper evaluation of the awardee's proposed project manager. DECISION Katmai Health Services, LLC, of Anchorage, Alaska, protests the award of a contract to Arctic Slope Mission Services, LLC, of Beltsville, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. TIRNO-16-R-0006, issued by the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), for services to support the agency's management of the seized and forfeited assets (MSFA) program. Katmai protests the agency's evaluation of Arctic Slope's proposed project manager. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued on June 28, 2016, as an 8(a) small business set-aside, and provided for the award of a fixed-price contract (for an 8-month base period, 3 option years, and a 4-month option period) for MSFA program support. Agency Report (AR), Tab 4A, RFP §§ 11.1.0(b)-(c); pt. II, Performance Work Statement (PWS), § 2; IV.2. The solicitation stated that the contract would be awarded on a best-value basis considering price and the following weighted, non-price evaluation factors: (1) technical/ management approach (40 percent); (2) relevant experience (30 percent); (3) quality

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