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B-417173,B-417173.2 1 (2019-03-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvrh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States ....................................................................................................................... DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: ActioNet, Inc. File: B-417173; B-417173.2 Date: March 5, 2019 Lawrence P. Block, Esq., Lawrence S. Sher, Esq., Holly Roth, Esq., Elizabeth Leavy, Esq., and Manasi Venkatesh, Esq., Reed Smith LLP, for the protester. Amy L. O'Sullivan, Esq., Olivia L. Lynch, Esq., Puja Satiani, Esq., and Laura J. Mitchell Baker, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for Accenture Federal Services, LLC, the intervenor. Stephanie B. Young, Esq., H. Jack Shearer, Esq., and Kevin R. Hilferty, Esq., Department of Energy, for the agency. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the protester's quotation is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was consistent with the solicitation and applicable procurement statutes and regulations. DECISION ActioNet, Inc., of Vienna, Virginia, protests the issuance of a blanket purchase agreement against the Federal Supply Schedule to Accenture Federal Services, LLC, of Arlington, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. DE-SOL-0008790, issued by the Department of Energy (DOE) for information technology (IT) services. ActioNet, the incumbent contractor, alleges that the agency unreasonably evaluated quotations and improperly made its source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On November 15, 2017, the agency issued the RFQ to all Schedule 70, Special Item Number 132-51, IT Professional Services contract holders. Consolidated Contracting Officer's Statement of Facts and Memorandum of Law (COS/MOL) at 4; Agency Report (AR), Tab A.1, Conformed RFQ (RFQ) at 3. The RFQ contemplated the issuance of a

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