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B-407625 1 (2012-12-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpig0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Acountabihkty integrlty ReIiabity 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. Visual Connections, LLC File: B-407625 Date: December 31, 2012 Timothy S. Faith, Esq., Faith at Law LLC, for the protester. Lawrence P. Block, Esq., Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, for the intervenor. Ronald D. Sullivan, Esq., and Patricia J. McDaniel, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 Agency reasonably determined that protester's proposal was technically unacceptable where the protester failed to submit an adequately detailed technical proposal in accordance with the solicitation. DECISION Visual Connections, LLC, of Chevy Chase, Maryland protests the rejection of its quotation as unacceptable by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA701-12-Q-0150 for section 508 compliance services, including administrative support, compliance monitoring, reporting, technical support, and training. Visual Connections contends that the agency acted unreasonably in rejecting its quotation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires federal agencies to ensure that their electronic and information technology provides comparable access to people with and without disabilities whenever an agency develops, procures, maintains, or uses electronic and information technology. The VA states that section 508 violations could expose the agency to extensive liability, including the requirement to repurchase or rebuild an entire IT system that fails to meet the section 508 standards. RFQ at 5. In this regard, the VA sought vendors to provide advanced

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