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B-423013,B-423013.2 Jan 02, 2025 1 (2025-01-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaorix0001 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: Zeva Incorporated File: B-423013; B-423013.2 Date: January 2, 2025 James M. Black, II, Esq., Falcon Rappaport & Berkman, LLP, for the protester. David R. Warner, Esq., Heather Mims, Esq., Tyler J. Freiberger, Esq., Warner, PLLC, for BruckEdwards, Inc., the intervenor. Seeta Rebbapragada, Esq., and Richard L. Hatfield, Esq., Department of the Treasury, for the agency. Thomas J. Warren, Esq., and Alexander 0. Levine, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester is not an interested party to challenge the issuance of a task order where the protester fails to challenge a deficiency that led to its quotation being evaluated as technically unacceptable and therefore ineligible for award. DECISION Zeva Incorporated, a small business of Oakton, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to BruckEdwards, Inc., a small business of Reston, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 2032H5-24-Q-00147, issued by the Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), for technical and programmatic support services. The protester contends that both the agency's evaluation of Zeva's quotation and the resulting award decision were improper. We dismiss the protest because Zeva is not an interested party. BACKGROUND The requirement solicited here concerns technical support services to assist the IRS with establishing secure, agency-wide personal identity verification (PIV) credentials. By way of background, in 2004, President George W. Bush issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12), requiring federal agencies to implement a universal identification standard for all federal employees and contractor personnel. AR, Tab D3, RFQ Performance Work Statement (PWS) at 5. These standards were

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