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B-419326,B-419326.2 1 (2021-01-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecjg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1 U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE G A O A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States IDOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Decision The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. The entire decision has been approved for public release. Matter of: Torrent Technologies, Inc. File: B-419326; B-419326.2 Date: January 19, 2021 Michael J. Schaengold, Esq., Melissa Paige Prusock, Esq., Danielle K. Muenzfeld, Esq., and Brett A. Castellat, Esq., Greenberg Traurig LLP, for the protester. Daniel R. Forman, Esq., Abigail T. Stokes, Esq., and Craig Barrett, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for National Flood Services, LLC, the intervenor. Rina Martinez, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, 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 price evaluation is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable procurement law and regulation; also, protest alleging that the agency waived an aspect of the pricing structure for the awardee is denied where there is no basis in the record to find that such a waiver occurred. 2. Protest alleging that discussions with the protester were misleading with regard to price is denied where the discussions were consistent with applicable procurement law and regulation. 3. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's proposal under the non-price factors is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 4. Protest challenging the agency's best-value tradeoff decision is denied where the agency documented its basis for award to a lower-rated, lower-priced offeror and where the underlying evaluation was reasonable. DECISION Torrent Technologies, Inc., of Overland Park, Kansas, protests the award of a contract to National Flood Services, LLC (NFS), of Kalispell, Montana, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 70FA6020R00000003, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), for flood insurance policy administration. The protester primarily challenges the agency's price evaluation, as well

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