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B-417513.3,B-417513.4 1 (2020-02-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeasv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO 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 1been approved for public release. Matter of: Hendall, Inc. File: B-417513.3; B-417513.4 Date: February 24, 2020 Matthew T. Schoonover, Esq., John M. Mattox II, Esq., and Haley E. Claxton, Esq., Koprince Law, LLC, for the protester. John E. Jensen, Esq., Meghan D. Doherty, Esq., and Robert C. Starling, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for IQ Solutions, Inc., the intervenor. Christine Simpson, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. April Y. Shields, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation under the technical and past performance factors is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging the agency's best-value tradeoff decision is denied where the underlying evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Hendall, Inc., of Rockville, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to IQ Solutions, Inc., of Rockville, Maryland, under task order request for proposals (TORP) No. 2001, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH), for communications support services. The protester challenges various aspects of the agency's source selection process, including the agency's evaluation under the technical and past performance factors and the agency's best-value tradeoff decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On December 18, 2018, the agency issued the TORP, pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation part 16, as a small business set-aside to holders of NIH Public Information

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