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B-417478.5 1 (2020-04-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebaj0001 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 Decision Matter of: 22nd Century Technologies, Inc.--Reconsideration File: B-417478.5 Date: April 28, 2020 Daniel J. Strouse, Esq., David Cohen, Esq., and John J. O'Brien, Esq.,Cordatis LLP, for the protester. Tudo N. Pham, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Request for reconsideration is denied where our decision did not contain any factual error because our Office properly reviewed whether the evaluation record was consistent with the solicitation's terms and conditions. 2. Request for reconsideration is denied because the request does not demonstrate that our decision contained any legal error. DECISION 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., of McLean, Virginia, requests that we reconsider our February 24, 2020, decision denying its protest alleging that the Department of State (DOS) unreasonably issued a task order to KCI-Acuity, LLC, of Leesburg, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 19AQMM19Q0098, for information technology (IT) support services. 22nd Century Technologies argues that our decision contained factual and legal errors with regard to our analysis of the past performance evaluation. We deny the request for reconsideration. On July 26, 2019, the DOS issued the solicitation to procure IT support services for the agency's Bureau of Information Resource Management. RFQ, Performance Work Statement (PWS), at 5-6, 9. The competition was limited to firms that were awarded Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resources for Services (STARS) II contracts, which are multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts awarded by the General Services Administration to participants in the Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) program to provide information technology services and