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B-418950 1 (2020-10-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebww0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAiOU.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 DecisionI a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has D- --s- - - - beenapproved forpublJc release. Matter of: Inalab Consulting, Inc. File: B-418950 Date: October 9, 2020 Isaias Alba, IV, Esq., Jason A. Blindauer, Esq., and Timothy F. Valley, Esq., PilieroMazza PLLC, for the protester. Kristen M. Nowadly, Esq., and Carol Latterman, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency improperly rejected protester's proposal is denied where agency reasonably determined that protester failed to submit specific documents showing execution of relevant experience project as required by the solicitation. 2. Protest that agency improperly failed to waive a solicitation requirement as immaterial fails to state a valid basis for protest; waiver of a solicitation requirement, even if immaterial, is a discretionary action, and offerors have no entitlement to waiver. DECISION Inalab Consulting, Inc., an 8(a) small business of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the elimination of its proposal from consideration for award under request for proposals (RFP) No. 47QREB-20-R-0001--referred to as the Human Capital and Training Solutions (HCaTS) 8(a) solicitation--issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide training and development services across the federal government.1 Inalab contends that the agency's rejection of its proposal as noncompliant was improper. 1 Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. § 637(a), authorizes the Small Business Administration to enter into contracts with government agencies and to arrange for performance through subcontracts with socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.800. This program is commonly referred to as the 8(a) program.

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