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B-409114,B-409114.2,B-409114.4 1 (2014-01-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqbw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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-409114; B-409114.2; B-409114.4 Date: January 27, 2014 Craig S. King, Esq., and Patrick R. Quigley, Esq., Arent Fox LLP, for the protester. J. Patrick McMahon, Esq., and William T. Welch, Esq., McMahon, Welch and Learned, PLLC, for Business Information Technology Solutions, Inc., an intervenor. Stephanie Beaty, Esq., and Jon L. Lightner, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of vendors' staffing levels is denied where record shows that agency reasonably assessed vendors' proposed staffing approaches and found awardee's staffing level to be sufficient for its unique technical approach. 2. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of awardee's transition plan is denied where protester failed to demonstrate that awardee's quotation indicated a failure to comply with solicitation requirements related to the transition period. 3. Protest alleging misleading discussions and complaining of the lack of a price realism analysis is denied where record shows that discussions were fair and equitable and price realism analysis was not required by the solicitation. 4. Protest challenging agency's selection of lower-rated, lower-priced quotation is denied where the record shows that the price/technical tradeoff and source selection was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's best value award criteria. DECISION VariQ Corporation, of Rockville, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order by the Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to Business Information Technology Solutions, Inc. (BITS), of Alexandria, Virginia, under that

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