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B-405046 1 (2011-07-21)

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  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548

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          Decision


          Matter  of:  D'Andre Insurance Services, LLC

          File:        B-405046

          Date:        July 21, 2011

          Carla A. D'Andre for the protester.
          Sarah T. Zaffina, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency.
          Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest that an agency unreasonably rejected the protester's quotation is denied,
          where  the agency reasonably found, consistent with the stated evaluation criteria,
          that the protester's quotation was technically unacceptable.
          DECISION

          D'Andre Insurance Services, LLC (DIS), of Miami, Florida, protests the issuance of a
          purchase order to Watts and Associates, Inc., of Billings, Montana, under request for
          quotations (RFQ) No. D1 IPS 18819, issued by the Department of the Interior for
          professional services for the Risk Management Agency (RMA), U.S. Department of
          Agriculture.

          We  deny the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          The RFQ,  issued as a combined synopsis/solicitation under the streamlined
          commercial  item acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation Parts 12.6
          and 13, provides for the issuance of a fixed-price purchase order for the evaluation
          of, and recommended  improvements for, the Nursery Crop Insurance Program,
          which is administered by RMA, and recommendations for alternative designs for


          'Because  a protective order was not issued in connection with the protest, our
          discussion is necessarily general.

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