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B-406760,B-406760.2 1 (2012-08-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadozu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General ,!7 = Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ite d S tate s G o ve rn m e nt A c c o u nta b ility O ff ice ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Unsigt , Stats Gn ADOCUMENT 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 Decision .approved for public release. Matter of: Vinculum Solutions, Inc. File: B-406760; B-406760.2 Date: August 22, 2012 Daniel S. Koch, Esq., and Emily A. Higgs, Esq., Miles & Stockbridge PC, for the protester. William A. Shook, Esq., and G. Matthew Koehl, Esq., The Law Offices of William A. Shook PLLC, for InfoReliance Corporation, an intervenor. Jonathan D. Tepper, Esq., and Lori R. Larson, Esq., Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, for the agency. Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency improperly assigned weakness to protester's proposal under key personnel subfactor based on information provided in protester's final proposal revision transmittal letter is denied where, notwithstanding statement in solicitation that agency would consider r6sum6s under key personnel subfactor evaluation, solicitation did not preclude consideration of other proposal areas for purposes of key personnel subfactor evaluation. 2. Protest that agency applied unstated evaluation criterion by assigning proposal weakness based on unavailability of key personnel during option years is denied where agency's consideration of key personnel availability reasonably relates to comprehensive assessment under key personnel subfactor. 3. Protest that awardee misrepresented availability of proposed key personnel is denied where record reflects reasonable basis for awardee to believe that proposed personnel would be available. DECISION Vinculum Solutions, Inc., of Broomes Island, Maryland, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) by the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, with InfoReliance Corporation, of Fairfax, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. TIRNO-1 1-Q-00096 for portal infrastructure technical

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