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B-416459.2 1 (2018-11-19)

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GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                             of the United States
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                                             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:   GCC Technologies, LLC

File:        B-416459.2

Date:        November 19, 2018

Lee Dougherty, Esq., and Katherine S. Saphier, Esq., Effectus, PLLC, for the protester.
Antonio R. Franco, Esq., Kathryn V. Flood, Esq., Julia Di Vito, Esq., and Timothy F.
Valley, Esq., PilieroMazza PLLC, for The Red Gate Group, Ltd., the intervenor.
Aleia Barlow, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest is denied where the agency did not apply unstated evaluation criteria when
comparing protester's proposed employee's substitute qualifications to the approved
qualifications contained in the solicitation.

2. Protest is denied where the agency reasonably evaluated the awardee's
performance risk as low in accordance with the terms of the solicitation.

3. Protest is denied where the protester failed to show that the awardee knowingly or
negligently misrepresented its proposed key personnel.
DECISION

GCC Technologies, LLC (GCC), of Oakland, Maryland, protests the issuance of a
Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) task order to The Red Gate Group, Ltd. (RGG), of
Chantilly, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C10X1 8Q0126, issued by
the Department of Veterans Affairs for human resources support services. The
protester alleges that the agency unreasonably evaluated quotations and improperly
made its source selection decision.


We deny the protest.

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