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B-418870.2,B-418870.3,B-418870.4 1 (2020-10-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebxg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GA.O 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 i / 7been approved for public release. Matter of: Nelnet Diversified Solutions, LLC File: B-418870.2; B-418870.3; B-418870.4 Date: October 19, 2020 Steven S. Diamond, Esq., Stuart W. Turner, Esq., Nathaniel E. Castellano, Esq., and James R.S. Mestichelli, Esq., Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, for the protester. Rebecca E. Pearson, Esq., Christopher G. Griesedieck, Esq., and Taylor A. Hillman, Esq., Venable LLP, for F.H. Cann & Associates, Inc.; and Scott F. Lane, Esq., Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., and Jayna Marie Rust, Esq., Thompson Coburn LLP, for Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, and Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, the intervenors. Megan R. Nathan, Esq., and John W. Kim, Esq., Department of Education, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Challenge to the evaluation of the protester's small business participation plan as unacceptable is denied where the agency's evaluation was consistent with the terms of the solicitation, which required offerors to propose small business participation as a percentage of the total contract value, rather than as a percentage of the dollars subcontracted. 2. Protest that the agency improperly failed to amend the solicitation because it knew or should have known that its requirements had changed prior to award is denied where, even if the agency should have amended the solicitation, there is no reasonable possibility that the protester could have been prejudiced by the agency's failure to do so. DECISION Nelnet Diversified Solutions, LLC, of Lincoln, Nebraska, challenges the award of contracts by the Department of Education (DOE) to Edfinancial Services LLC, of Knoxville, Tennessee, F.H. Cann & Associates LLC, of North Andover, Massachusetts, MAXIMUS Federal Services Inc., of Falls Church, Virginia, the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, of Chesterfield, Missouri, and the Texas Guaranteed Student

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