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B-408704,B-408704.2 1 (2013-11-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpvu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Creative Computing Solutions, Inc. File: B-408704; B-408704.2 Date: November 6, 2013 John E. McCarthy, Jr., Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., and Robert J. Sneckenberg, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the protester. Thomas 0. Mason, Esq., Francis E. Purcell, Jr., Esq., David E. Fletcher, Esq., and Christopher J. Kimball, Esq., Cooley LLP, for Knight Point Solutions, LLC, an intervenor. Roger A. Hipp, Esq., Department of Homeland Security; and John W. Klein, Esq., and Alison M. Mueller, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agencies. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester is not an interested party to challenge substance of agency's evaluation of quotes where record--including protester's publicly-filed self certification--shows that protester is not a small business, and acquisition is set aside for exclusive small business participation. DECISION Creative Computing Solutions, Inc. (CCSI) protests the issuance of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to Knight Point Solutions, Inc., under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSHQDC-1 3-Q-00177, issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for compliance support services for DHS's information technology services office. CCSI contends that the agency misevaluated quotations and made an unreasonable source selection decision. We dismiss the protest because CCSI is not an interested party. As is pertinent here, the RFQ, issued pursuant to the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), was set aside for small businesses. Agency Motion to Dismiss, exh. 1, RFQ at 1, 2. The agency issued one amendment to the RFQ that, among other things, incorporated into the solicitation questions submitted by prospective respondents, and included the

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