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B-417664 1 (2019-09-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadzzj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O 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: IBM Corporation File: B-417664 Date: September 18, 2019 David W. Burgett, Esq., Michael Vernick, Esq., and Adilene Rosales, Esq., Hogan Lovells US LLP, for the protester. Richard A. Sauber, Esq., Deneen J. Melander, Esq., and Megan D. Browder, Esq., Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, for Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, the intervenor. David K. Barnes, Esq., Gregory Matherne, Esq., and Holly H. Styles, Esq., Department of the Treasury, for the agency. Robert T. Wu, Esq., Young H. Cho, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the adequacy of the agency's cost realism evaluation is denied where the record shows that the agency's analysis was reasonable and conducted in accordance with the evaluation criteria stated in the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging the evaluation of quotations under various non-price/cost factors is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and conducted in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria. 3. Protest that the agency failed to engage in meaningful discussions is denied where the record shows that the agency's discussions with the protester led it into the areas of its quotation requiring amplification or revision, and the agency was not required to discuss certain adverse past performance information with the protester. DECISION IBM Corporation, of Bethesda, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, of Herndon, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 8010 by the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), for information technology (IT) support services. IBM challenges the agency's cost realism evaluation of Northrop Grumman's quotation, and the evaluation of quotations under various non-cost/price factors.

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