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B-408124.6 1 (2014-12-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqwr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision [e for pic release. Matter of: 6K Systems, Inc.--Costs File: B-408124.6 Date: December 16, 2014 Alex Colon, Esq., Law Offices of Alex Colon, for the protester. Jacqueline Posner, Esq., Office of Personnel Management, for the agency. Cherie J. Owen, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. GAO recommends that protester's claim for attorneys' fees be reimbursed where the attorney hours charged are documented and reasonable, and the agency has not identified any specific hours as excessive or articulated a reasoned analysis as to why payment for such hours should be disallowed. 2. Reimbursement of attorneys' fees sought by a successful small business protester is recommended at a rate exceeding $150 per hour, since the statutory cap on hourly rates for attorneys' fees that can be reimbursed for successful large business protesters does not apply to attorneys' fees incurred by successful small business protesters. DECISION 6K Systems, Inc., of Leesburg, Virginia requests that we recommend that it be reimbursed in the amount of $27,112.50 for its costs of filing and pursuing its protests challenging the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. OPM2613R0002, issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for knowledge portal services. We recommend reimbursement in the amount of $25,818.75, plus 6K's costs of pursuing this claim at our Office. BACKGROUND On November 1, 2012, OPM issued the solicitation seeking offerors to provide a knowledge management portal, government online learning center, and e-Training