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B-419046.2,B-419046.3,B-419046.4 1 (2021-01-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecmv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 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: Appsential, LLC File: B-419046.2; B-419046.3; B-419046.4 Date: January 22, 2021 Eric S. Crusius, Esq., David S. Black, Esq., Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., and Kelsey M. Hayes, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the protester. Carla J. Weiss, Esq., Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Umer M. Chaudhry, Esq., Jenner & Block, LLP, for General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., the intervenor. Stephanie B. Young, Esq., Kevin R. Hilferty, Esq., and Stephanie Villalta, Esq., Department of Energy, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's evaluation of protester's and awardee's quotations under the price and non-price evaluation factors was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. 2. Agency's evaluation of the prices submitted in protester's and awardee's quotations, including the agency's consideration of labor mix and level of effort associated with each, was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. 3. In performing the best-value tradeoff determination, the source selection official considered and compared the competing quotations and reasonably concluded that the potential benefits of protester's higher-rated quotation did not warrant the associated price premium. DECISION Appsential, LLC, of Germantown, Maryland, protests the Department of Energy's (DOE) establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) and issuance of initial task orders to General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. (GDIT), pursuant to solicitation No. 89303019QCF000008 and request for quotations (RFQ) No. 1395153, to operate and maintain certain business systems for DOE. Appsential, the incumbent contractor, challenges the agency's evaluation of Appsential's and/or GDIT's quotation under each evaluation factor, and also challenges the agency's best-value tradeoff