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B-419271.4,B-419271.7 Apr 14, 2021 1 (2021-04-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaolls0001 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 a GAO Protective Order. This version has been Decision approved for public-release Matter of: Qwest Government Services, Inc. d/b/a CenturyLink QGS File: B-419271.4; B-419271.7 Date: April 14, 2021 Shelly L. Ewald, Esq., Zahra S. Abrams, Esq., Robert Shaia, Esq., and Emily C. Brown, Esq., Watt Tieder Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP, for the protester. Jonathan M. Baker, Esq., Christian N. Curran, Esq., Alexandra L. Barbee-Garrett, Esq., and Rina M. Gashaw, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for AT&T Corp., an intervenor. Peter G. Hartman, Esq., and Brian C. Habib, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., Emily R. O'Hara, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's technical proposal is denied where the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria, and without prejudice to the protester. 2. Protest alleging the agency failed to engage in proper discussions with the protester is denied where the protester fails to demonstrate that it was prejudiced as a result thereof. 3. Protest alleging that the agency's corrective action subsequent to the initial award decision was unfair and unequal is denied where the corrective action did not treat offerors unequally and did not permit any offeror to revise its proposal. DECISION Qwest Government Services, Inc. d/b/a CenturyLink QGS (CenturyLink), of Monroe, Louisiana, protests the issuance of task orders to AT&T Corp., of Oakton, Virginia, under fair opportunity request for proposals (RFP) No. 70RTAC20R00000026, issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for DHS headquarters core data (HQCD) requirements. The protesters contend that the agency's evaluation of offerors' task order proposals and resulting award decision were improper. We deny the protest.

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