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B-422884 Dec 03, 2024 1 (2024-12-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaorfg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.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: Cloud Alliance, Inc. File: B-422884 Date: December 3, 2024 Shane J. McCall, Esq., Nicole D. Pottroff, Esq., John L. Holtz, Esq., Gregory P. Weber, Esq., Stephanie L. Ellis, Esq., Koprince, McCall & Pottroff LLC, for the protester. Antonio R. Franco, Esq., Katherine B. Burrows, Esq., Eric A. Valle, Esq., and Kelly A. Kirchgasser, Piliero Mazza, PLLC, for Cherokee Nation Systems Solutions, LLC, the intervenor. Celia Crabbe, Esq., and Laetitia Hua, Esq., Department of Commerce, for the agency. Michelle Litteken, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's various challenges to the agency's evaluation of quotations under nonprice factors are denied where the record reasonably supports the agency's evaluation judgments and conclusions. 2. Protest challenging the agency's source selection decision is denied where the benefits documented by the agency reasonably justified the awardee's higher price and where the underlying evaluation was reasonable. DECISION Cloud Alliance, Inc., an 8(a) small business of Tysons Corner, Virginia, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Cherokee Nation Systems Solutions, LLC (CNSS), an 8(a) small business of Tulsa, Oklahoma, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 1305M224Q0046, issued by the Department of Commerce, National Oceanica and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for information technology (IT) support services.' The protester challenges various aspects of the agency's 1 Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. § 637(a), authorizes the Small Business Administration to enter contracts with government agencies and to arrange for performance through subcontracts with socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.800.

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