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B-408269.2 1 (2013-12-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpyq0001 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: TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. File: B-408269.2 Date: December 13, 2013 Jessica C. Abrahams, Esq., Dana B. Pashkoff, Esq., and Erin B. Sheppard, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, for the protester. Erin L. Toomey, Esq., Frank S. Murray, Esq., and David T. Ralston, Jr., Esq., Foley & Lardner LLP, for iSYS, LLC, the intervenor. Roger A. Hipp, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. K. Nicole Willems, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the evaluation of protester's quotation and the best value determination is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and supported by the record. DECISION TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) of Annapolis, Maryland, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with iSYS, LLC, of McLean, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSHQDC-13-Q-0001 1, issued by the Enterprise Acquisitions Division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for a comprehensive commercial cellular wireless managed services solution, enabling DHS to access multiple commercial cellular wireless carriers and thereby ensure maximum coverage. TCS contends that the evaluation of its quotation was flawed and that the best value trade-off decision is unsupported by the record. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued November 29, 2012, to General Services Administration, federal supply schedule contractors under Federal Acquisition Regulation part 8.4, contemplated the establishment of a single BPA with fixed-price, time-and-materials, and hybrid fixed-price/time-and-materials purchase orders. Protest at 4. The BPA,

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