Decision Released: FBI Records Management Services protest denial

File No. B-422503

Digest

1. Protest arguing that agency should have considered information in other sections of the protester’s quotation in its evaluation of the protester’s corporate experience and technical approach is denied where the agency was not required to search in other sections of the protester’s quotation for additional information.
2. Protest challenging the agency’s selection of a higher rated, higher priced quotation for award is unobjectionable where the agency’s tradeoff decision was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation.

Discussion

CCGI contends that the agency improperly considered unstated evaluation criteria in its evaluation. CCGI also challenges the evaluators’ findings under the corporate experience and technical expertise factors, arguing that the agency ignored readily apparent information in its quotation. Finally, CCGI objects to the agency’s tradeoff decision. For the reasons that follow, we deny the protest.

The evaluation of quotations is a matter within the discretion of the procuring agency. eKuber Ventures, Inc., B420877, B420877.2, Oct. 13, 2022, 2022 CPD ¶ 256 at 4. Our Office does not independently evaluate quotations; rather, we review the agency’s evaluation to ensure that it is consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. Id. A protester’s disagreement with the agency’s judgment, by itself, is not sufficient to establish that an agency acted unreasonably …

Decision

Crittenton Consulting Group, Inc. (CCGI), a small business of Reston, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to The Rehancement Group, Inc. (TRG), a small business of McLean, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 47QFSA23Q0097 issued by the General Services Administration (GSA), on behalf of the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to provide records management services. CCGI challenges several aspects of the agency.

We deny the protest.

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