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B-421538.3 May 24, 2024 1 (2024-05-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqdg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G AO 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: Tiya Support Services, LLC File: B-421538.3 Date: May 24, 2024 Robert Nichols, Esq., Michael Bhargava, Esq., and Logan Kemp, Esq., Nichols Liu LLP, for the protester. Devon E. Hewitt, Esq., and Matthew L. Nicholson, Esq., Potomac Law Group, PLLC, for Akima Intra-Data, LLC, the intervenor. Major Joshua B. Fix, Department of the Army, for the agency. Uri R. Yoo, Esq., and Alexander 0. Levine, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester is an interested party notwithstanding the resignation of a proposed key person when the key person remained available and committed to perform on the contract if awarded to the protester. 2. Protest challenging past performance evaluation is denied where the agency reasonably considered a contract performed by the protester's proposed subcontractor when assessing protester's overall confidence rating. DECISION Tiya Support Services, LLC, a small business of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, protests the award of a contract to Akima Intra-Data, LLC, a small business of Herndon, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W9124B23R0002, issued by the Department of the Army for firefighting, rescue, and emergency services. The protester challenges the agency's past performance evaluation and best-value tradeoff decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On October 17, 2022, the Army issued the RFP as a total small business set-aside using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation part 15. Contracting Officer's

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