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                    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
       D e i o                             a GAO Protective Order. This version has been
                                          Deciion-approved for public release.


Matter of:   CW  Government  Travel, Inc.

File:        B-422714

Date:     September 27, 2024

Lars E. Anderson, Esq., Lauren P. Farrar, Esq., Charlotte R. Rosen, Esq., and Brian A.
Darst, Esq., Odin Feldman Pittleman PC, for the protester.
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 AdTrav
Corporation, the intervenor.
Jeremiah Strack, Esq., and Briana L White, Esq., General Services Administration, 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

Protest challenging evaluation of awardee's price is denied where the solicitation did not
require a price realism evaluation and the price evaluation conducted was reasonable
and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria.
DECISION

CW  Government  Travel, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to
AdTrav Corporation, of Birmingham, Alabama, under request for proposals (RFP)
No. 47QMCB24R0001, issued by the   General Services Administration (GSA) for
government-wide  temporary duty lodging services. The protester argues that the
agency failed to evaluate the awardee's proposed price reasonably and in accordance
with the solicitation.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The agency  issued the solicitation on January 12, 2024, under the procedures of
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 12 and 15, seeking support services to
manage  government-wide  temporary duty lodging programs for federal government
travelers on official business. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 1; Agency

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