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B-419040.3 May 21, 2021 1 (2021-05-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaolth0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo 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: Manhattan Strategy Group, LLC File: B-419040.3 Date: May 21, 2021 Antonio R. Franco, Esq., Katherine B. Burrows, Esq.,Timothy F. Valley, Esq., and Christine C. Fries, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for the protester. Craig A. Holman, Esq., Nathaniel E. Castellano, Esq., Trevor G. Schmitt, Esq., and Aime Joo, Esq., Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, for STG International, Inc., the intervenor. William B. Blake, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Charmaine A. Stevenson, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest alleging that the awardee misrepresented the availability of its key personnel and should have been disqualified from the competition is denied where there is no evidence that the awardee misrepresented the availability of, or sought to replace, its key personnel. 2. Protest challenging the agency's reevaluation of the protester's proposal and new award decision is denied where the record shows that both were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Manhattan Strategy Group, LLC (MSG), a small business of Bethesda, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to STG International, Inc. (STGi), of Arlington, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 140DO420R0017, issued by the Department of the Interior (DOI), for training and technical assistance services. The protester contends that the awardee misrepresented the availability of its proposed key personnel, and should have been disqualified from the competition. The protester also contends that the agency's evaluation of its proposal was unreasonable, and the best- value determination was flawed. We deny the protest.

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