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B-405812.2 1 (2012-05-25)

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        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.
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         Matter of:  Camber Corporation

         File:        B-405812.2

         Date:       May 25, 2012

         J. Dale Gipson, Esq., Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.C., for the protester.
         Richard J. Webber, Esq., and Patrick R. Quigley, Esq., Arent Fox LLP, for VSE
         Corporation, the intervenor.
         Cpt. Travis P. Sommer and Arthur M. Boley, Esq., Department of the Army, for the
         agency.
         Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         Protest challenging the issuance of a task order under Federal Supply Schedule
         procedures is denied where the agency reasonably evaluated the protester's
         quotation and found that the awardee's technical superiority outweighed the
         protester's price advantage.
         DECISION

         Camber Corporation, of Huntsville, Alabama, protests the issuance of a task order
         to VSE Corporation, of Alexandria, Virginia, under task order request for quotations
         (RFQ) No. W56HZV-1 1 -VD-004, issued by the Department of the Army for services
         to update technical manuals for a variety of weapons systems, vehicles, and other
         equipment.

         We deny the protest.

         BACKGROUND

         The RFQ, issued under Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) procedures of Federal
         Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 8.405 to holders of the Omnibus III Blanket
         Purchase Agreement, sought professional services to update TACOM managed

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