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B-408737 1 (2013-11-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqal0001 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: Harris Patriot Healthcare Solutions, LLC File: B-408737 Date: November 21, 2013 Lori Ann Lange, Esq., Nick R. Hoogstraten, Esq., and Aaron Brotman, Esq., Peckar & Abramson, P.C., for the protester. Thomas K. David, Esq., and Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., David, Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for LongView International Technology Solutions, Inc., the intervenor. Shannon V. Marsh, Esq., Desiree DiCorcia, Esq., Frank DiNicola, Esq., and Vincent Buonocore, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency misevaluated quotations is denied where contemporaneous record demonstrates that evaluation was reasonable, and supported the agency's selection of a quotation from another vendor notwithstanding that vendor's higher price. DECISION Harris Patriot Healthcare Solutions, LLC, of Falls Church, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to LongView International Technology Solutions, Inc., doing business as FirstView Federal TS, of Alexandria, Virginia, by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under Request for Task Execution Plan (RTEP) No. T4-0236 (also identified as solicitation No. TAC-13-07125). The RTEP sought quotations for software design development, and support services to improve and expand a surgical quality workflow management system. Harris argues that the VA misevaluated the quotations and made an unreasonable source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The VA issued the RTEP--which was essentially a request for quotations (RFQ)--on June 28, 2013, to all 15 firms that hold Transformation Twenty One Total

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