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B-407018.3,B-407018.4 1 (2013-02-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpjx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General AccountAb iliy * Intglrty * ReIiability 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 approved for public release. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Chameleon Integrated Services File: B-407018.3; B-407018.4 Date: February 15, 2013 Robert J. Symon, Esq., Lewis P. Rhodes, Esq., and Aron C. Beezley, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for the protester. Pamela J. Mazza, Esq., PilieroMazza PLLC, for CSSS.NET, an intervenor. Melissa D. McClellan, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In taking corrective action in response to an earlier protest by conducting additional exchanges with vendors and reevaluating quotations, agency did not act improperly in disclosing to the awardee the relation of its price to the other vendors' prices. DECISION Chameleon Integrated Services, of St. Louis, Missouri, protests the award of a contract to CSSS.NET, of Bellevue, Nebraska, under request for quotation (RFQ) No. AG-3142-S-12-0009, issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for information technology (IT) computer operation support services. Chameleon objects to various aspects of the agency's reevaluation of quotations pursuant to corrective action. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND USDA issued the RFQ via the General Services Administration (GSA) e-Buy system on January 19, 2012, to 8(a) vendors holding Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resources for Services (STARS) II contracts. RFQ at 1. The RFQ provided for the issuance of a task order on a labor-hour basis with a 4-month base period, four 1-year option periods, and one 8-month option period. RFQ at 5, 75. The vendor selected to perform the task order will provide various IT support services, including operations support, hardware and systems maintenance, systems administration,

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