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B-419614.5,B-419614.6 Sep 30, 2022 1 (2022-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaonsu0001 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: Async-Nu Microsystems, Inc. File: B-419614.5; B-419614.6 Date: September 30, 2022 Paul R. Hurst, Esq., Amba M. Datta, Esq., and Caitlin T. Conroy, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson LLP, for the protester. Jeremy S. Scholtes, Esq., and Roger V. Abbott, Esq., Miles & Stockbridge P.C., for Mobomo, LLC, an intervenor. Kathleen D. Martin, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest alleging that agency misevaluated quotations and made an unreasonable source selection decision is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation and source selection were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. DECISION Async-Nu Microsystems, Inc. (ANM), of Fredericksburg, Virginia, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Mobomo, LLC, of Vienna, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 19AQMM20Q0100, issued by the Department of State for media communications and messaging support services.1 ANM argues that the agency misevaluated quotations and made an unreasonable source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND 1 The entity submitting the winning quotation is referred to in the record as Team Mobomo, which was established as a contract teaming agreement (CTA) entity comprised of more than one contractor under the General Services Administration's (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program. ANM also submitted its quotation as a CTA entity.