Updated September 12, 2025
The GAO Decision has now been posted for this protest. See details below.
DIGEST
1. Protest that agency failed to provide a brief explanation of award is dismissed because the allegation does not provide a basis for protest.
2. Protest contending the agency failed to document a tradeoff rationale to justify payment of the awardee’s price premium is denied where the record shows the agency documented the basis for its tradeoff decision.
DECISION
Subsidium, Inc., a small business of Manassas, Virginia, protests the establishment of a federal supply schedule (FSS) blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Concordant LLC, a small business of Laramie, Wyoming, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 19FS1A25Q0002, issued by the Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute (FSI) for human resources and acquisition professional support services. The protester alleges the agency failed to provide a timely requested brief explanation of award, and contends the agency failed to document a tradeoff rationale.
We dismiss the protest in part and deny it in part.
Solicitation Number:19FS1A25Q0002
Agency: Department of State
Protester: Daniel Eke & Associates, PC
File number: B-423708.2
Outcome: Withdrawn
Decision Date: August 25, 2025
Protester: Subsidium Inc.
File number: B-423708.1
Outcome: Denied
Decision Date: September 11, 2025
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