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B-422141.2 Jun 20, 2024 1 (2024-06-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqks0001 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 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Matter of: AttainX, Inc. The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. File: B-422141.2 Date: June 20, 2024 Samuel S. Finnerty, Esq., Katherine B. Burrows, Esq., Daniel J. Figuenick, III, Esq., and Kelly A. Kirchgasser, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for the protester. Stephanie D. Wilson, Esq., Rachael C. Haley, Esq., and Charles L. Bonani, Esq., Berenzweig Leonard LLP, for Global Solutions Group, Inc., the intervenor. Jeffrey D. Webb, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, 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 1. Protest challenging assessment of weaknesses in protester's quotation based on evaluators' personal knowledge of incumbent subcontractor's technical execution challenges is denied where agency, while not required to consider close at hand information in a technical evaluation, was not precluded from considering such information if relevant. 2. Protest challenging assessment of awardee's past performance as satisfactory, rather than neutral, is denied where the agency's evaluation error did not competitively prejudice the protester. DECISION AttainX, Inc., an economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business of Herndon, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Global Solutions Group, Inc., (GSG), an economically disadvantaged small business of Oak Park, Michigan, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70RCSJ23Q00000039, issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for information technology (IT) services. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of quotations and resulting source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On July 21, 2023, using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 16.5, the agency issued the solicitation to economically disadvantaged small business

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