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B-404398 1 (2011-01-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbqs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JiL AL A , GA O Comptroller General Acc untabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: George T. Brown Associates, Inc. File: B-404398 Date: January 26, 2011 George T. Brown Associates, Inc. for the protester. Mark Langstein, Esq., John L. Guinan, Jr., Esq., and Lauren Didiuk, Esq., National Institute of Standards and Technology, for the agency. Lois A. Hanshaw, Esq., Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's finding that protester's quotation was technically unacceptable is denied, where the record shows that quotation did not meet two of eight requirements in the statement of work and the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION George T. Brown Associates, Inc. (Brown), of Annapolis, MD, protests the issuance of a purchase order to Granicus, Inc. (Granicus) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SB1341-11-RQ-0002 issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for live webcasting. Brown complains that the agency misevaluated its quotation and improperly issued a purchase order to a vendor with a higher-priced quotation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, which was issued on October 15, 2010 as a total small business set-aside, contemplated the issuance of a fixed-price purchase order for full turn key services to provide live webcasting of a 3-day public meeting of the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB). RFQ at 1, 3. This meeting is hosted by the NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Computer Security Division (CSD) to discuss issues pertaining to information security and privacy. RFQ at 3. The RFQ included a statement of work that included eight specific tasks to be performed. One

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