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B-419402 1 (2021-02-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeclr0001 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 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Clear Global Solutions, LLC File: B-419402 Date: February 5, 2021 Thomas K. David, Esq., Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., and Katherine A. David, Esq., David, Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for the protester. Dominique L. Casimir, Esq., and Carolyn Cody-Jones, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for Strativia LLC, the intervenor. Nicholas M. Bidwell, Esq., James J. Jurich, Esq., and John L. Bowles, Esq., Department of Energy, for the agency. Charmaine A. Stevenson, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of quotations and selection decision is denied where the agency's evaluation and selection decision are reasonable and consistent with the solicitation. DECISION Clear Global Solutions, LLC (CGS), a small business of Windsor, Colorado, protests the issuance of a task order to Strativia LLC, a small business of Largo, Maryland, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 89303019QFE000003, issued by the Department of Energy (DOE), for a broad range of logistical, administrative, and management support for DOE's Office of Fossil Energy (FE). The protester contends that the agency unreasonably evaluated its staffing approach and past performance, improperly evaluated the realism of Strativia's price, and issued a flawed selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued on December 5, 2019, pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4, was set aside for 8(a) small businesses with contracts under General Services Administration (GSA), Professional Services Schedule, Special Item Number 874 7, Integrated Business Program Support Services. Agency Report (AR), Tab A.1, RFQ at 1. The RFQ contemplated award of a labor hour task order with a

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