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B-407193 1 (2012-11-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpvh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability 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: VariQ Corporation File: B-407193 Date: November 27, 2012 Scott M. McCaleb, Esq., Jon W. Burd, Esq., and Benjamin J. Kohr, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Edmund M. Amorosi, Esq., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Armani Vadiee, Esq., and Rhina M. Cardenal, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for Federal Working Group, an intervenor. William J. Erie, Esq., Department of the Treasury, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's quotation as technically unacceptable is denied where the quotation failed to meet a material solicitation requirement and was reasonably rejected as unacceptable. DECISION VariQ Corporation, of Washington, DC, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Federal Working Group (FWG), of Falls Church, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. CC12HQQ0008, issued by the Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), for data center professional services (DCPS). VariQ challenges the OCC's conclusion that its quotation was unacceptable and ineligible for award consideration. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The OCC issued the RFQ on March 23, 2012, as a total small business set aside. The solicitation sought quotations and anticipated establishing a BPA with a vendor under General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) No. 70, to provide information and technology (IT) services to support the OCC's

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