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B-422096,B-422096.2 Jan 05, 2024 1 (2024-01-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaoprp0001 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 Decision Matter of: Manutek Inc. File: B-422096; B-422096.2 Date: January 5, 2024 Manohar Gaddam, Manutek Inc., for the protester. William A. Shook, Esq., The Law Offices of William A. Shook PLLC, for AvantGarde, LLC, the intervenor. Allan B. K. Urgent, Esq., Dulce Donovan, Esq., and Telly Renfroe, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Heather Self, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging evaluation of quotation as technically unacceptable is denied where record shows the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the solicitation. DECISION Manutek Inc., a small disadvantaged business of Canton, Michigan, protests the rejection of its quotation as technically unacceptable under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 15JA0523Q00000105, issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for information technology services. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On August 17, 2023, using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 16.5, the agency issued the solicitation to 8(a) firms with indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts under the General Services Administration's (GSA) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resource for Services (STARS) III governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC) vehicle.1 Agency Report (AR), Tab B.1, 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. FAR 19.800. Firms participating in this program are commonly referred to as 8(a) contractors.

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