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B-419278,B-419278.2 1 (2021-02-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecjq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States D DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE D C iion The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Epsilon, Inc. File: B-419278; B-419278.2 Date: February 2, 2021 Scott M. McCaleb, Esq., Tracye Winfrey Howard, Esq., Kendra P. Norwood, Esq., and Sarah B. Hansen, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Timothy A. Furin, Esq., Ryan C. Bradel, Esq., Alan M. Apple, Esq., and Ryan C. Berry, Esq., Ward & Berry PLLC, for Teracore, Inc., the intervenor. Gregory Matherne, Esq., and Richard L. Hatfield, Esq., Department of the Treasury, for the agency. Alexander O. Levine, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's post-protest explanations for weaknesses found during the agency's evaluation is denied where the explanations are credible and consistent with the contemporaneous evaluation record. 2. Protest challenging the agency's different evaluation treatment of the awardee's and protester's proposals is denied where the unequal treatment is reasonably explained by differences in the offerors' proposals. 3. Protest challenging errors in the agency's past performance evaluation is denied where the protester was not competitively prejudiced as a result of the errors. DECISION Epsilon, Inc., a small business located in Weaverville, North Carolina, protests the issuance of a task order to Teracore, a small business located in Woodstock, Georgia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 8048, issued by the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for enterprise Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) compliance security and support services. The protester challenges various aspects of the agency's technical and past performance evaluation, and argues that Teracore failed to notify IRS about the unavailability of one of its key personnel. In addition, the protester contends that the agency conducted a flawed best-value tradeoff determination.

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