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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
Decision                                    a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                            been approved for public release.


Matter of:   Koniag Technology  Solutions, Inc.

File:        B-422819

Date:        November  5, 2024

Devon  E. Hewitt, Esq., Potomac Law Group, PLLC, for the protester.
David S. Black, Esq., Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., John M. McAdams, Esq., and
Tanner N. Slaughter, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for Hunter Strategy, LLC, the
intervenor.
Joseph A. Buitron, Esq., and Michelle L. Sabin, Esq., Defense Information Systems
Agency, for the agency.
Jacob M. Talcott, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging the agency's decision not to conduct a price realism analysis is
dismissed where the solicitation did not require a price realism analysis.

2. Protest challenging the evaluation of the task order recipient's quotation is dismissed
where  protester fails to establish a sufficient factual basis for its challenge.

3. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of protester's quotation is denied where
the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation.

4. Protest that the agency failed to conduct a proper best-value tradeoff analysis is
denied where protester fails to demonstrate that the tradeoff was unreasonable.
DECISION

Koniag Technology  Solutions, Inc., a small business of Anchorage, Alaska, protests the
issuance of a task order to Hunter Strategy, LLC, a small business of Pompano Beach,
Florida, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 832468507, issued by the Department
of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency  for the delivery of a modern
enterprise cloud services solution. The protester contends that the agency
unreasonably evaluated its quotation and conducted a flawed best-value tradeoff.


We  deny the protest in part and dismiss it in part.

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