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B-420970,B-420970.2 Oct 28, 2022 1 (2022-10-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaonvm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 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: Livanta LLC File: B-420970; B-420970.2 Date: October 28, 2022 Daniel P. Graham, Esq., Tara L. Ward, Esq., and Elizabeth G. Hummel, Esq., McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, for the protester. Morgan L. Hilgendorf, Esq., and Bradley E. Richardson, Esq., Defense Health Agency, for the agency. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the solicitation unreasonably failed to include contract line item numbers for program management and information technology tasks is denied where the agency explains that these tasks are ancillary, and that adding additional line item numbers would not be feasible. 2. Protest that the solicitation unreasonably instructed offerors to use a noncompliant accounting system in violation of applicable regulations is denied where the protester's interpretation of the solicitation was unreasonable. 3. Protest that the solicitation was ambiguous for failing to identify all primary tasks as corresponding with particular contract line item numbers is denied where the protester's interpretation was unreasonable. DECISION Livanta, LLC, of Annapolis Junction, Maryland, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. HT940222R0002, issued by the Defense Health Agency (DHA) for clinical quality monitoring support services. Livanta argues that the RFP does not contain sufficient information for offerors to properly prepare price proposals. We deny the protest.

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