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B-421773,B-421773.2 Sep 11, 2023 1 (2023-09-11)

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  G     A     O     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:   TechTrend, Inc.

File:     B-421773; B-421773.2

Date:     September 11, 2023

Jonathan M. Baker, Esq., and Allison A. Skager, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the
protester.
Marques  O. Peterson, Esq., Meghan D. Doherty, Esq., and Aleksey R. Dabbs, Esq.,
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for Dynamo Technologies LLC, the intervenor.
Azine Farzami, Esq., U.S. Department of Agriculture, for the agency.
April Y. Shields, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, 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 quotation and source
selection decision is denied where the evaluation and source selection decision were
reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation, which established an award
methodology  based on the highest technically rated quotation with a fair and reasonable
price.
DECISION

TechTrend, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the issuance of a delivery order to
Dynamo  Technologies LLC  of Vienna, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ)
No. 12760423Q0051,   issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest
Service, for information technology support services. TechTrend protests various
aspects of the agency's evaluation and source selection decision.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On  February 22, 2023, pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4,
the agency issued the RFQ as a small disadvantaged business set-aside under the
General Services Administration's Multiple Award Schedule 54151 S (information

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