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B-408234,B-408234.3,B-408234.5 1 (2013-07-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpsv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A Comptroller 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: InfoZen, Inc. File: B-408234; B-408234.3; B-408234.5 Date: July 23, 2013 Karen R. Harbaugh, Esq., Robert E. Gregg, Esq., and Jeremy W. Dutra, Esq., Squire Sanders (US) LLP, for the protester. Michael R. Charness, Esq., Amanda J. Dietrick, Esq., and Jenny J. Yang, Esq., Vinson & Elkins LLP, for BAE Systems Information Solutions Inc.; and David W. Burgett, Esq., C. Peter Dungan, Esq., and Emily M.Q. Schriver, Esq., Hogan Lovells US LLP, for IBM Corporation, the intervenors. Christian F.P. Jordan, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of protester's small business participation quotation is denied where agency reasonably understood protester's proposed target goal to be a nonbinding aspiration, rather than a firm commitment, to exceed stated requirements. 2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's technical quotation is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria and adequately documented. 3. Protest challenging the propriety of the agency's price/technical tradeoff decision is denied where the source selection authority's weighting of the evaluation criteria was consistent with the solicitation, and the tradeoff determination was adequately documented. DECISION InfoZen, Inc., of Rockville, Maryland, protests the establishment of blanket purchase agreements (BPA) with BAE Systems Information Solutions Inc. of Herndon, Virginia, Soft Tech Consulting of Chantilly, Virginia, and IBM Corporation of Bethesda, Maryland, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSTS03-12-Q- C10487, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security

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