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B-404195,B-404195.2 1 (2011-01-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbrf0001 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: Neopost USA Inc. File: B-404195; B-404195.2 Date: January 19, 2011 Andrew Mohr, Esq., William J. Bainbridge, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, for the protester. Grace Bateman, Esq., Caroline A. Keller, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP, for the intervenor. Simon H. Fisherow, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, United States Customs and Border Protection, for the agency. Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency improperly evaluated awardee's response to solicitation as technically acceptable is denied where awardee's response did not take exception to solicitation requirements and where record contains no information reasonably known to the agency that should have created doubt as to whether awardee intended to or would comply with solicitation requirements. 2. Protest that agency inadequately documented its evaluation of responses to solicitation issued pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4 is denied where evaluation documentation comports with FAR subpart 8.4 requirements and where record reflects that agency's evaluation judgments were reasonable. DECISION Neopost USA Inc., of Milford, Connecticut, protests the award of a contract to Pitney Bowes, Inc., of Annandale, Virginia, pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. PR20059587, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for 240 digital mail meter systems and related support. Neopost contends that the agency should have rejected Pitney Bowes' mailing system as technically unacceptable because, according to the protester, the mailing system does not meet various solicitation requirements. Neopost also contends that the agency inadequately documented its evaluation of responses to the solicitation. We deny the protest.

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