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B-408933.2,B-408933.3 1 (2014-02-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqcd0001 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 version has been approved for public release. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: Gartner Inc. File: B-408933.2; B-408933.3 Date: February 12, 2014 Keith R. Szeliga, Esq., Jonathan S. Aronie, Esq., Anne Perry, Esq., and Franklin Turner, Esq., Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, for the protester. G. Lindsay Simmons, Esq., J. Eric Whytsell, Esq., and Katherine Calogero, Esq., Jackson Kelly, PLLC, for Forrester Research, Inc. Mark B. Grebel, Esq., and JoAnn Melesky, Esq., Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency, 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 Agency properly considered a late quotation where the RFQ did not contain a late submission provision expressly providing that quotations could not be considered if received after the deadline, and no other offerors were prejudiced. DECISION Gartner Inc., of Stamford, Connecticut, protests the issuance of a task order to Forrester Research, Inc., of Cambridge, Massachusetts, under Request for Quotations (RFQ) No. 782468, issued by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), for the provision of annual subscriptions for information technology research services. Gartner argues that Forrester's final quotation revision was late and should not have been considered by DISA. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ was issued on May 23, 2013 to Department of Defense Software Initiative blanket purchase agreement (BPA) holders. These BPAs were issued under vendors' Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts. The RFQ contemplated the issuance of a fixed-price task order with one base year and four one-year option periods. RFQ at 1. The RFQ established that quotations were due by June 24,

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