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B-296493.5 1 (2006-09-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaczpw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General X, MAccountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability 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: Advanced Technology Systems, Inc. File: B-296493.5 Date: September 26, 2006 William A. Roberts III, Esq., Richard B. O'Keeffe Jr., Esq., and Michael S. Caldwell, Esq., Wiley Rein & Fielding, for the protester. Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., John S. Pachter, Esq., Tamara F. Dunlap, Esq., and Mary Pat Gregory, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for Pyramid Systems Inc., an intervenor. R. Rend Dupuy, Esq., and Joseph L. Brinkley, Esq., Department of Housing and Urban Development, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the evaluation of technical proposals is denied where the record establishes that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the evaluation criteria. 2. Protest challenging the evaluation of vendors' past performance is denied where the record establishes that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria. 3. An agency's unreasonable conclusions regarding the awardee's proposed staffing levels did not prejudice the protester since these conclusions were not a material element in the agency's determination that the awardee's higher technically rated, higher-priced quotation represented the best value to the government. DECISION Advanced Technology Systems, Inc. (ATS) protests the award of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to Pyramid Systems Inc. (PSI) under that firm's General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract, pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. R-OPC-22661 for operational support and corrective maintenance services in

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