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B-401048,B-401048.2,B-401048.3 1 (2009-05-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadaya0001 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: Government Acquisitions, Inc. File: B-401048; B-401048.2; B-401048.3 Date: May 4, 2009 Jonathan S. Aronie, Esq., W. Bruce Shirk, Esq., Anne B. Perry, Esq., Jessica S. Mailman, Esq., and Daniel J. Marcinak, Esq., Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, for the protester. Lars E. Anderson, Esq., Patrick R. Quigley, Esq., and Justin J. Wortman, Esq., Venable LLP, for Wildflower International, Ltd., an intervenor. Barbara L. Walthers, Esq., Mark A. Allen, Esq., and Eric Crane, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency reasonably evaluated protester's proposal as containing various weaknesses and deficiencies, including rating the proposal as Unacceptable with regard to protester's proposed management plan, where record shows that protester's proposal failed to comply with solicitation requirements and the protester's complaints constitute mere disagreement with the agency's judgments. 2. Agency reasonably rated awardee's proposal as Acceptable with regard to past performance where record established that awardee has performed various prior contracts of similar size, scope and complexity. 3. Where agency has not retained individual evaluator notes or worksheets, protest that evaluation record is inadequate is denied where the agency's consensus evaluation report contains sufficient detail to establish that the agency's judgments were reasonable. DECISION Government Acquisitions, Inc. (GAI), of Cincinnati, Ohio, protests the award of a contract by the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), to Wildflower International, Ltd. of Santa Fe, New Mexico, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSSCCG-08-Q-00173 to provide information technology (IT) equipment and services for USCIS offices worldwide. GAI

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