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B-419163 1 (2020-12-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeced0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Britz & Company File: B-419163 Date: December 17, 2020 William Britz, Britz & Company, for the protester. Giovanna Jean-Baptiste, Esq., and Tony A. Ross, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Christine Milne, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably evaluated the protester's technical proposal, and the agency's consideration of enhancements in evaluating the awardee's proposal was consistent with the solicitation terms. DECISION Britz & Company, a small business of Wheatland, Wyoming, protests the award of a contract to Lab Products, Inc., a small business of Seaford, Delaware, under request for proposals (RFP) No. NIMH-20-001641, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute for Mental Health, for a quantity of Lenderking marmoset racks, cages, and excreta pans. Britz primarily argues that the agency unreasonably evaluated its proposal as technically unacceptable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued as a small business set-aside on March 26, 2020, under the acquisition of commercial items and simplified acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation part 12 and subpart 13.5. Agency Report, Tab 3a, RFP at 3. The solicitation called for 60 Lenderking marmoset racks, each with two cages, for a total of 120 cages, and 30 additional excreta pans. AR, Tab 3b, RFP, amend. 1, attach. 6, Question & Answer Follow-Up at 1. This equipment is for the agency's Veterinary Medicine and Resource Branch, which supports investigators who use

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