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B-405747 1 (2011-12-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpcg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General ,m 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 Decision approved for public releas e. Matter of. Quasars, Inc. File: B-405747 Date: December 7, 2011 Kenneth A. Martin, Esq., The Martin Law Firm, PLLC, for the protester. Anne B. Perry, Esq., Louis D. Victorino, Esq., and Marko W. Kipa, Esq., Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, for Defense Group, Inc., the intervenor. Marion T. Cordova, Esq., and Kate Anderson, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Cherie J. Owen, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the nonselection of a vendor for award of a blanket purchase agreement is denied, where quotation was lower rated and higher priced than selected vendors, and the agency reasonably determined that quotation failed to contain sufficient information to, among other things, demonstrate technical capability. DECISION Quasars, Inc., of Washington, DC, protests the decision of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) not to award it a contract under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSHQDC- I-Q-00105 for scientific, engineering, and technical assistance (SETA) support for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO). Quasars contends that the agency improperly evaluated its proposal as unacceptable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The DNDO is responsible for coordinating federal efforts to detect and protect against the unauthorized importation, development, or use of nuclear explosive devices, fissile material, or radiological material in the United States, and to protect the United States from attacks involving these devices and materials. Agency Report (AR) at 2. The DNDO, unlike other entities within the DHS, is primarily a scientific,

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