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B-407835 1 (2013-03-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadplc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller General c ity * Integrity * Rellability 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. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: Qwest Government Services, Inc. dba CenturyLink QGS File: B-407835 Date: March 7, 2013 Thomas 0. Mason, Esq., Francis E. Purcell, Jr., Esq., and Christopher J. Kimball, Esq., Cooley LLP, for the protester. Sheryl L. Rakestraw, Esq., and Alexander W. Fichtel, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq. and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that terms of solicitation for cloud computing services are ambiguous and do not adequately communicate the agency's requirements is denied where solicitation provides sufficient information on which offerors can compete intelligently and on a relatively equal basis. DECISION Qwest Government Services, Inc. dba CenturyLink QGS, of Arlington, Virginia, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. D12PS00316, issued by the Department of the Interior (DOI) for cloud hosting services. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND DOI issued the RFP on July 18, 2012, under the commercial acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 for foundation cloud hosting services to implement the agency's Strategic Information Technology Transformation program.1 Agency Report (AR), Tab 13, Acquisition Plan, at 1-2. 1 Cloud computing can be described as a form of computing where users have access to scalable, on-demand information technology (IT) capabilities that are provided through Internet-based technologies. See Information Security: Additional (continued...)

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