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G A 0Comptroller General
... .Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States General Accounting Office
Washington, DC 20548
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Decision
Matter of: Cybernet Systems Corporation
File: B-292600
Date: September 30, 2003
Charles J. Jacobus for the protester.
Dinah Stevens, Esq., Administrative Office of the United States Courts, for the
agency.
Linda S. Lebowitz, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the
preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Agency reasonably rejected the protester's proposal as technically unacceptable
where the firm failed to provide in its proposal required hardware and third-party
software certifications.
DECISION
Cybernet Systems Corporation protests the rejection of its proposal as technically
unacceptable under request for proposals (RFP) No. USCA-03-R-0045, issued by the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts for Linux operating system and
associated software (referred to as Linux distribution, RFP § C.4, at 4) and
technical assistance and support. Cybernet argues that its proposal was
unreasonably rejected as technically unacceptable.
We deny the protest.
The RFP was issued on May 21, 2003, and contemplated the award of an
indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the base period and six 1-year
option periods. The RFP contained requirements for hardware and third-party
software certifications. With respect to the hardware certification, the RFP stated
that the
Linux distribution supported by this contract will be run on hardware
procured via a separate procurement vehicle. The Contractor must
certify that HP [Hewlett Packard] supports the Contractor's Linux
distribution on the following [six identified] platforms ....](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobacykp0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)