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B-420140.2,B-420140.4 Dec 22, 2021 1 (2021-12-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaomrs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Ioo .U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE G A O 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 redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Gritter Francona, Inc. File: B-420140.2; B-420140.4 Date: December 22, 2021 Douglas P. Hibshman, Esq., Nicholas T. Solosky, Esq., and David Timm, Esq., Fox Rothschild LLP, for the protester. Maria L. Panichelli, Esq., Karen L. Douglas, Esq., and Evan P. Kramer, Esq., Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP, for GC Associates, LLC, the intervenor. Bradley Richardson, Esq., and Jason R. Smith, Esq., Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, 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 objecting to agency's evaluation of protester's proposal is denied where the agency reasonably evaluated the proposal consistent with the stated evaluation criteria. 2. Protest challenging source selection authority's upgrade of awardee's past performance rating is dismissed as untimely where the protester waited more than 10 days after it knew, or should have known, its basis for protest to raise this argument. DECISION Gritter Francona, Inc. (GFI), a small business located in Rockville, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to GC Associates, LLC (GCA), a small business located in Arlington, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HT001120R0003, issued by the Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency (DHA), for program management support. The protester asserts that the agency conducted an unreasonable evaluation of proposals and improperly awarded the contract on a lowest-priced, technically acceptable basis. We deny the protest in part and dismiss the protest in part. BACKGROUND On May 13, 2020, DHA issued the solicitation seeking program management support for the Director of DHA and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health

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