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G A 0 Comptroller General
., u n Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
Decision
Matter of: Kingdomware Technologies
File: B-405242
Date: September 30, 2011
LaTonya Barton for the protester.
Matthew V. Edwards, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Agency reasonably determined that vendor's quotation was technically unacceptable
where it failed to comply with a material solicitation requirement
DECISION
Kingdomware Technologies of Waldorf, Maryland, protests the decision by the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) not to award the firm a purchase order under
request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA-261-11-RQ-0417, to provide emergency
notification services for the VA's Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS).
We deny the protest.
The VAPAHCS consists of three inpatient facilities and seven outpatient clinics that
provide services to veterans within the Sierra Pacific Network. If and when an
emergency occurs, all pre-determined VAPAHCS employees are notified through
email, text messaging, and voice messaging. To this end, the agency issued the RFQ
to obtain
180,000 Domestic Voice Minutes per year with unlimited email,
Blackberry PIN and SMTP text messages[.]
RFQ at 3.
The RFQ sought quotations from vendors holding contracts under the General
Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule for information technology
software services. The RFQ, issued June 10, 2011, was posted on FedBid.com, an](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadoge0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)