Decision released related to protest of VA hardware requirement

DIGEST

1. Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of protester’s quotation is denied, where the record shows the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations.
2. Protest allegations challenging agency’s evaluation of the awardee’s quotation are dismissed because the protester is not an interested party to maintain those allegations.

DISCUSSION

The protester raises various challenges to the agency’s evaluation of quotations and source selection decision.  Sierra’s allegations relate to the agency’s evaluation of its own quotation; its evaluation of the TA quotation; its evaluation of Firm B’s quotation; and the agency’s ultimate source selection decision.  We have reviewed all of Sierra’s allegations and conclude that they either are without merit, or not for our consideration.  We discuss our findings in detail below.  We note at the outset that, in reviewing allegations concerning an agency’s evaluation of proposals or quotations, our Office does not reevaluate proposals or quotations, or substitute our judgment for that of the agency; rather, we review the record to ensure that the agency’s evaluation is reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations.  Comprehensive Health Services, LLC, B–421108.4, B–421108.5, May 17, 2023, 2023 ¶126 at 3.

DECISION

Sierra7, Inc., of Falls Church, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to TechAnax, LLC (TA), of Woodbridge, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C10B22Q0377, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs to acquire provisioning services to supply the agency with computer hardware.  Sierra argues that the agency misevaluated proposals and made an unreasonable source selection decision.  We deny the protest in part and dismiss it in part.

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