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B-421859,B-421859.2,B-421859.3 Nov 07, 2023 1 (2023-11-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaopjl0001 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: Global Alliant, Inc. File: B-421859; B-421859.2; B-421859.3 Date: November 7, 2023 John R. Prairie, Esq., Sarah B. Hansen, Esq., and W. Benjamin Phillips, III, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. David B. Dixon, Esq., Robert C. Starling, Esq., Toghrul M. Shukurlu, Esq., and Aleksey R. Dabbs, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for Sparksoft Corporation, an intervenor. David A. Lank, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of quotations is denied where record shows that agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. 2. Protest arguing that agency conducted unequal discussions is denied where the agency engaged in exchanges with the awardee to resolve a minor omission in the firm's pricing of travel expenses in its quotation pursuant to a solicitation provision permitting the agency to conduct exchanges with the best-valued vendor to address any remaining issues. DECISION Global Alliant, Inc., of Columbia, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to Sparksoft Corporation, of Catonsville, Maryland, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. RFQ-CMS-2023-230867, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, for digital services support. Global argues that the agency misevaluated quotations and made an unreasonable source selection decision. Global also argues that the agency impermissibly engaged in discussions with only Sparksoft during the competition. We deny the protest.

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