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B-406833 1 (2012-09-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpaa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Remote Broadcast Services File: B-406833 Date: September 7, 2012 Bruce Begich for the protester. Melissa D. McClellan, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Lois Hanshaw, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation of the protester's quotation and award determination is denied where the record demonstrates that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria, and the protester's challenges to the independent government estimate and allegations of bias are unsupported by the record. DECISION Remote Broadcast Services (RBS), of Blackfoot, Idaho, protests the award of a contract by the Department of Agriculture to N&J Enterprise, LLC, of Choteau, Montana, under request for quotations (RFQ) No AG-7604-S-12-0027, for wilderness equipment maintenance and horse packing services. RBS challenges the evaluation and independent government estimate (IGE), and it claims bias in the award. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On March 7, 2012, the Department of Agriculture issued the RFQ as a fixed-priced, requirements contract for a base year with four 1-year options. RFQ at 1, 4-6, 31. The RFQ included a performance work statement (PWS) that required the contractor to provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform wilderness radio equipment maintenance and horse packing services on a scheduled basis for 34 sites a year, and other services on an as needed basis. RFQ amend. 1, at 7.

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