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B-420829.3 Dec 05, 2022 1 (2022-12-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaonyu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Monbo Group International File: B-420829.3 Date: December 5, 2022 Dee Monbo for the protester. Marcela A. Liddick, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency unreasonably rejected the protester's proposal as noncompliant with solicitation's price submission requirements is denied where the record shows that the agency's determination was made in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Monbo Group International, a small business of Owings Mills, Maryland, protests the rejection of its proposal by the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), under request for proposals (RFP) No. 1 5F067-22-R-0000048, for subject matter expertise support services. The protester argues that the agency improperly rejected its proposal for failing to submit required price information. According to Monbo, the agency's decision to reject its proposal was based on an unreasonable interpretation of the solicitation's price submission requirements. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency issued the RFP on March 8, 2022, as an 8(a) set-aside, for subject matter expert support for the FBI.' The RFP contemplated the award of multiple indefinite- 1 Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. § 637(a), authorizes the Small Business Administration to enter into contracts with government agencies and to arrange for performance through subcontracts with socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns. See 13 C.F.R. § 124.501(a). This program is commonly referred to as the 8(a) program.

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