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B-415150.2,B-415150.3 1 (2018-06-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduto0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Decision The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: AmVet Technologies, LLC File: B-415150.2; B-415150.3 Date: June 5, 2018 Peter A. Fish, Esq., J. Patrick McMahon, Esq., and William T. Welch, Esq., McMahon, Welch and Learned, PLLC, for the protester. Stephanie B. Young, Esq., Kevin R. Hilferty, Esq., and H. Jack Shearer, Esq., Department of Energy, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably determined that resume provided in vendor's quotation showed that program manager candidate lacked qualifications specified in solicitation for the position, and thus, evaluation of protester's quotation as unacceptable was reasonable, supported by the record, and consistent with the solicitation. DECISION AmVet Technologies, LLC, of Las Vegas, Nevada, protests the establishment of a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Evoke Research and Consulting, LLC, of Arlington, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. DE-SOL-0009586/eBuy RFQ 1183553, issued by the Department of Energy (DOE), for policy, strategy, and governance support services (PSGSS). AmVet challenges the agency's evaluation of quotations and the source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On April 10, 2017, DOE posted the RFQ on the General Services Administration's (GSA) e-Buy website. The solicitation was issued as a small business set-aside under the FSS procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4.1 RFQ at 275. 1 Specifically, the solicitation was limited to service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) vendors holding contracts under Schedule No. 70, information (continued...)

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