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B-292995.2 1 (2004-02-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapiu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: CourtSmart Digital Systems, Inc. File: B-292995.2; B-292995.3 Date: February 13, 2004 James H. Roberts, III, Esq., Van Scoyoc Kelly, for the protester. Jeffrey B. Krashin, Esq., Thompson & Waldron, and William E. Casselman, II, Esq., for York Telecom Corporation, the intervenor. Seth Binstock, Esq., Social Security Administration, and Thedlus L. Thompson, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agencies. Henry J. Gorczycki, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Issuance of order that included non-Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) item under a competition among FSS vendors was improper. 2. Awardee's quotation under a competition among Federal Supply Schedule vendors was unacceptable where it was not compliant with the solicitation provision requiring compliance with section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, which requires electronic and information technology that will allow individuals with disabilities the same access as persons who are not individuals with disabilities. 3. In a competition among Federal Supply Schedule vendors, quotations were not evaluated on an equitable basis with respect to an experience requirement. 4. Agency's determination that protester's software for portable digital recording system proposed in a competition under the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) was unacceptable is not supported by the record. DECISION CourtSmart Digital Systems, Inc. protests the issuance of an order to York Telecom Corporation under a request for quotations (RFQ) issued by the Social Security Administration (SSA) for a portable digital recording system under the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS). We sustain the protest.

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