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B-422528 May 23, 2024 1 (2024-05-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqje0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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: Pitney Bowes, Inc. File: B-422528 Date: May 23, 2024 William A. Shook, Esq., The Law Offices of William A. Shook PLLC, for the protester. Catherine K. Kroll, Esq., and Kelly A. Carlson, Esq., Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, for Quadient, Inc., the intervenor. Andrew J. Smith, Esq., Nolan T. Koon, Esq., Dmitrius R. McGruder, Esq., and Bruce A. Nessler, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Emily R. O'Hara, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging evaluation of awardee's proposal is dismissed as a matter of contract administration where protester alleges awardee failed to comply with contract clause. 2. Protest challenging evaluation of awardee's proposal is dismissed where protester's contention that awardee failed to comply with technical requirement lacks a valid basis of protest. DECISION Pitney Bowes, Inc., of Washington, D.C., protests the award of a task order to Quadient, Inc., of Milford, Connecticut, under request for task order proposals (RTOP) No. W9124J-24-Q-POST, issued by the Department of the Army for the lease and maintenance of mail metering machines. The protester contends that the agency's evaluation of the awardee's proposal was unreasonable. We dismiss the protest. BACKGROUND The solicitation, issued on March 20, 2024, anticipated the issuance of a fixed-price task order for the lease and maintenance of multiple commercial-off-the-shelf mail metering machines from the General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule

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