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B-400760.2,B-400760.3 1 (2009-06-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadaxi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General 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: AINS, Inc. File: B-400760.2; B-400760.3 Date: June 12, 2009 Lawrence J. Sklute, Esq., Sklute & Associates, for the protester. John R. Caterini, Esq., and Kristen E. Bucher, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency evaluation of quotations received in response to solicitation for establishment of a blanket purchase agreement is sustained where record fails to demonstrate that the evaluation was reasonable. DECISION AINS, Inc. of Rockville, Maryland protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Privasoft Corp. of Ottawa, Canada under request for quotations (RFQ) No. DJJR-08-F-0536, issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for an automated Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) system and associated services. The protester challenges the evaluation of both quotations. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ contemplated the establishment of a single BPA against the successful vendor's Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract for a base and four option years. Vendors were cautioned that all proposed software products and labor categories had to be available under their FSS contracts. Work under the BPA was to be accomplished through the issuance of calls for services. The RFQ described the first call, which was for implementation of an automated FOIA system for DOJ's Office of Information and Privacy (OIP). The solicitation instructed vendors that their quotations should include a technical response consisting of an executive summary; a vendor self-assessment indicating

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