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B-400184.2,B-400184.3,B-400184.4 1 (2008-12-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadarx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General WAN Accountability * 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: USGC Inc. File: B-400184.2; B-400184.3; B-400184.4 Date: December 24, 2008 Kevin P. Connelly, Esq., Joshua C. Drewitz, Esq., and Michael B. Hubbard, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP, for the protester. Claude P. Goddard, Jr., Esq., Daniel J. Donohue, Esq., and Sarah M. Graves, Esq., Akerman Senterfitt Wickwire Gavin, for FedConsulting, Inc., an intervenor. Timothy A. Chenault, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's exchanges with the vendors in a procurement conducted under the Federal Supply Schedule, and the evaluation of the vendor responses to those exchanges, were fair and equitable. 2. Agency's selection of lower-priced, highest technically rated quotation in a procurement conducted under the Federal Supply Schedule was reasonable, consistent with the stated evaluation criteria, and adequately documented. DECISION USGC Inc., of Annapolis, Maryland, protests the award under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSCG23-08-Q-MMZ079, issued by the United States Coast Guard of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA), as well as the initial task order under the BPA, to FedConsulting, Inc., of Leesburg, Virginia, for records management services at the National Maritime Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia. USGC argues, among other things, that the agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions, failed to evaluate quotations in accordance with the RFQ's evaluation factors, failed to reasonably 1 We recognize that this protest involves an RFQ; however, the agency, in a number of places in its procurement record, makes reference to the award of a contract. We have retained the language used by the agency for consistency with the underlying record.

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