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B-404676,B-404676.2 1 (2011-03-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbtg0001 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: TreCom Systems Group, Inc. File: B-404676; B-404676.2 Date: March 29, 2011 Marc Lamer, Esq., Kostos & Lamer, PC, for the protester. Steven J. Koprince, Esq., and Devon E. Hewitt, Esq., PilieroMazza PLLC, for Vistronix, Inc., the intervenor. Deirdre Stallworth, Esq., Environmental Protection Agency, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that an agency conducted misleading and inequitable discussions favoring the awardee in a procurement under Federal Supply Schedule procedures is denied, where the agency informed vendors that the contracting officer had determined that a two percent labor escalation rate was reasonable and invited the vendors' response. DECISION TreCom Systems Group, Inc., of Broomall, Pennsylvania, protests the issuance of a task order to Vistronix, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. TB0001 issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for information technology (IT) services at the agency's Chesapeake Bay Program Office. TreCom challenges the agency's conduct of discussions. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued pursuant to Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) procedures, provided for the issuance of a fixed labor-rate task order for a base year and 3 option years. See RFQ at 1. EPA provided the solicitation to seven vendors holding FSS schedule 70 contracts for IT equipment, software, and services. Agency Report (AR) at 2. The RFQ stated that the task order would be issued on a lowest-priced, technically acceptable basis considering the following factors: past performance, staffing plan,

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