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B-419733 Jun 30, 2021 1 (2021-06-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaomak0001 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: Tuba Group File: B-419733 Date: June 30, 2021 William M. Weisberg, Esq., Law Offices of William Weisberg, for the protester. Aron C. Beezley, Esq., Lisa A. Markman, Esq., Sarah S. Osborne, Esq., Nathaniel Greeson, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for the intervenor. Jeffry O. Young, Esq., Fallyme E. Guerrero, Esq., James T. Van Biber, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Alberto Lopez, and Evan C. Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency failed to perform a proper best-value tradeoff is denied where the record shows that the agency performed a tradeoff that was reasonable, consistent with the solicitation, and adequately documented. DECISION Tuba Group, a small business of Great Falls, Virginia, protests the General Services Administration's (GSA) award of a contract to Quality Innovation, Inc., under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 47QFHA20Q0002-ID06190009 for critical support services to GSA's National Customer Service Center (NCSC). The protester challenges the agency's best-value tradeoff decision, arguing that the agency used unstated evaluation criteria that improperly elevated the price factor to a degree of importance greater than set forth in the solicitation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On January 17, 2020, GSA issued the RFQ, under the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4, seeking program support services for NCSC operations in Kansas City, Missouri. RFQ at 2. The RFQ, which was set aside for small businesses, provided for award of a fixed-price contract with a 1-year base period, and four 1-year options. Id. at 3-5.

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