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B-413301,B-413301.2 1 (2016-09-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadspz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General LAccountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below wassubjectto a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Technology and Telecommunications Consultants, Inc. File: B-413301 ; B-413301.2 Date: September 28, 2016 Lawrence J. Sklute, Esq., Sklute & Associates, for the protester. Jerry Alfonso Miles, Esq., and Angeline Burke, Esq., Deale Services, LLC, for GreenZone Solutions, Inc., the intervenor. David R. Cutler, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the evaluation of the vendors' technical quotations is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging the evaluation of vendors' prices is denied where the agency reasonably evaluated the reasonableness of the prices and was not required to conduct an in-depth analysis of the vendors' labor mixes in the manner argued by the protester. 3. Protest challenging the evaluation of the awardee's and second-ranked vendor's proposed personnel is denied where, although the agency effectively waived a solicitation requirement, the protester does not demonstrate that it was prejudiced by the waiver; as a result, any error regarding the evaluation of the awardee's proposed personnel could not have prejudiced the protester. DECISION Technology and Telecommunications Consultants, Inc. (TTC), a small business, of Arlington, Virginia, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with GreenZone Solutions, Inc., also a small business, of Arlington, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSTS04-16-Q-CT8003, which was issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), for records management support services. The protester argues that the

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