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B-421213 Jan 19, 2023 1 (2023-01-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaoodu0001 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: Cybergenic Systems, LLC
File:     B-421213
Date:     January 19, 2023
Joseph P. Underwood, Esq., for the protester.
Shane J. McCall, Esq., Nicole D. Pottroff, Esq., John L. Holtz, Esq., Stephanie L. Ellis,
Esq., and Gregory P. Weber, Esq., Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC, for Premier Enterprise
Solutions, LLC, the intervenor.
Linda Santiago, Esq., and Douglas Kornreich, Esq., Department of Health and Human
Services, for the agency.
Samantha S. Lee, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal as technically
unacceptable is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that the protester's
proposal took various exceptions to material terms and conditions of the solicitation.
DECISION
Cybergenic Systems, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small
business (SDVOSB) of Sykesville, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to
Premier Enterprise Solutions, LLC, a SDVOSB of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, under
request for proposals (RFP) No. 220509, issued by the Department of Health and
Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for enterprise
cybersecurity awareness and training program support. Cybergenic challenges the
agency's determination that its proposal was unacceptable.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
On June 10, 2022, CMS issued the solicitation as a set-aside for SDVOSBs, seeking
enterprise-wide cybersecurity and privacy awareness and training program support for
CMS's Information Security and Privacy Group, which is charged with protecting CMS
data. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3C, RFP at 1; AR, Tab 3D, Statement of Work (SOW)

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