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G AO 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. The entire decision has
                                          been approved for public release.


Matter of:  Global Consulting International, LLC

File:        B-423018

Date:       January 2, 2025

Kenneth A. Martin, Esq., The Martin Law Firm, PLLC, for the protester.
Johnathan M. Bailey, Esq., Kristin E. Zachman, Esq., and Rachel Moreau-Davila, Esq.,
Cokinos Young, for Decypher Technologies, Ltd., the intervenor.
Jason R. Smith, Esq., and Jillian C. Kaido, Esq., Department of Defense, Defense
Health Agency, for the agency.
Hannah  G. Barnes, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the protester's proposal under the
management   plan factor is denied where the agency's evaluation was reasonable and
consistent with the terms of the solicitation.

2. Protest that the agency performed a flawed best-value determination is denied
where the agency's actions were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the
solicitation.
DECISION

Global Consulting International, LLC, a small business of Salt Lake City, Utah, protests
the issuance of a task order to Decypher Technologies, Ltd., under task order proposal
request (TOPR) No. 16697. The  Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency
(DHA), issued the TOPR for medical staffing services. The protester argues that the
agency unreasonably evaluated its proposal under the management plan factor and
performed a flawed best-value evaluation.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

DHA  issued the TOPR on July 22, 2024, pursuant to the procedures in Federal
Acquisition Regulation subpart 16.5, to firms holding DHA's Medical Q-Coded Services

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