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B-422142.3,B-422142.4 Jul 10, 2024 1 (2024-07-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqor0001 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:  Navitas Clinical Research, Inc.
File:     B-422142.3; B-422142.4
Date:     July 10, 2024
Shane J. McCall, Esq., Nicole D. Pottroff, Esq., John L. Holtz, Esq., Stephanie L. Ellis,
Esq., and Gregory P. Weber, Esq., Koprince McCall Pottroff, LLC, for the protester.
Kevin P. Mullen, Esq., Krista A. Nunez, Esq., and Lyle F. Hedgecock, Esq., Morrison
& Foerster LLP, for Digital Infuzion, Inc., the intervenor.
Martin McEnrue, Esq., and Jon J. Gottschalk, Esq., Department of Health and Human
Services, for the agency.
Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest that the awardee has an unequal access to information organizational
conflict of interest arising from a meeting between the agency, the protester, and the
awardee with respect to the protester's performance of predecessor requirements for
the agency and the awardee's performance on an unrelated contract is denied because
the protester fails to establish that the meeting resulted in the awardee gaining access
to any of the protester's proprietary information.
2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal under the
technical and past performance factors is denied where the record shows that the
agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and
procurement laws and regulations.
3. Protest that the agency conducted misleading discussions is denied where the
discussions reasonably led the protester to the areas of its proposal that were the basis
for the agency's evaluated concerns.
DECISION
Navitas Clinical Research, Inc. (Navitas), a small business located in Rockville,
Maryland, protests the award of an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract
and issuance of an initial task order to Digital Infuzion, Inc. (Digital), of Rockville,

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