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B-404416,B-404416.2,B-404416.3 1 (2011-02-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbrx0001 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: Belzon, Inc. File: B-404416; B-404416.2; B-404416.3 Date: February 9, 2011 Jerome S. Gabig, Jr., Esq., Sirote & Permutt, for the protester. Tina M. Pixler, Esq., David S. Watson, Esq., Department of the Army, 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 Agency's evaluation of quotations and its selection of a lower-rated, lower-priced quotation for award, in a procurement where technical considerations were more important than price, were unobjectionable where the evaluation was reasonable, consistent with the solicitation's terms, and supported by the record. DECISION Belzon, Inc., of Huntsville, Alabama, protests the issuance of a task order to Millennium Systems Services, Inc., also of Huntsville, Alabama, pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. 2010L-25, issued by the Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, for professional services to support the Aviation and Missile Command's (AMCOM's) use of performance-based logistics (PBL) concepts. Belzon contends that the agency's evaluation of Millennium's quotation and the agency's best value determination were flawed in various respects. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND Several years ago, the Army established the Expedited Professional and Engineering Support Services (EXPRESS) blanket purchase agreement (BPA) program to procure advisory and assistance services. Contracting Officer's Statement at 1. Under the program, BPAs were issued pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4 to teams of contractors that offer professional and technical services through various General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts. Id. There are four domains within the program, each

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