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B-407877.2,B-407877.3,B-407877.4 1 (2013-03-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpll0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller General 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: Government Acquisitions, Inc.; PCi Tec, Inc. File: B-407877.2; B-407877.3; B-407877.4 Date: March 25, 2013 Richard F. Busch II, Esq., Busch Law Firm, LLC, for Government Acquistions, Inc.; James C. Fontana, Esq., and David B. Dempsey, Esq., Dempsey Fontana, for PCi Tec, Inc. Christopher J. Kimball, Esq., and Thomas 0. Mason, Esq., Cooley LLP, for Signet Computers, Inc., an intervenor. Richard L. Hatfield, Esq., Department of the Treasury, for the agency. Laura Mann Eyester, Esq., for the Small Business Administration. Frank Maguire, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Solicitation requirement that HUBZone contractors be certified at time of solicitation and at time of award, in order to receive highest rating under socio-economic evaluation factor, did not clearly impose requirement for certification at time of solicitation issuance as asserted by protester; at best, solicitation contained a patent ambiguity with regard to when certification had to be obtained, and post-award protest that agency's time of proposal submission interpretation was unreasonable is untimely. DECISION Government Acquisitions, Inc. (GAI), of Cincinnati, Ohio, and PCi Tec, Inc. (PCi), of Luray, Virginia, protest the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service's establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Signet Computers, Inc., of Leesburg, Virginia, under Request for Quotations (RFQ) No. TIRNO-12-Q-00083, for computer equipment and accessories. The protesters challenge the evaluation and source selection decision.1 1 After submitting its quotation, but before award, Signet changed its name to Strong Castle, Inc. See Agency Report (AR) at 2, n. 1. Since references in the record to the (continued...)

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