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GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                           of the United States




Decision


Matter of:  J.E.I.

File:       B-416749

Date:       October 24, 2018

Steven Vodoklys, the protester.
James L. Weiner, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency.
Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest that agency misevaluated successful vendor's quotation as acceptable is denied
where evaluation was reasonable and consistent with solicitation's evaluation criteria.
DECISION

J.E.I., of Cameron Park, California, a small business, protests the issuance of a Federal
Supply Schedule (FSS) order to American Telecom Solutions, L.L.C. (ATS), of
Severna Park, Maryland, also a small business, under request for quotations (RFQ)
No. RFQ1 317493, issued by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS)
for a commercial digital voice recorder base system, software, and licenses for Glacier
National Park, at West Glacier Park, Montana. J.E.I. argues that ATS's quotation should
have been rejected as unacceptable.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFQ, which was posted on August 13, 2018, using the General Services
Administration's e-Buy system, requested quotations from small businesses that hold
FSS contracts under Schedule 70 (the general purpose commercial information
technology equipment, software, and services schedule). The RFQ stated that
quotations had to show that the vendor's recorder system met an accompanying list of
minimum salient characteristics. The RFQ provided lines for vendors to provide prices
for individual system components and a total price. RFQ attach. 1 at 1.

The accompanying list of requirements included a general specification that the recorder
system had to be compatible with the park's existing Telex C-Soft brand dispatching

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