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B-409928 1 (2014-09-09)

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   SGAO

7  7  7 Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548



           Decision


Matter of:

File:

Date:


Comptroller General
of the United States


   DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
 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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Windstream Communications

B-409928

September 9, 2014


William Weisberg, Esq., Law Offices of William Weisberg, PLLC, for the protester.
Gail Debra Zirkelbach, Esq. and Robert J. Sneckenberg, Esq., Crowell & Moring,
LLP, for the intervenor.
Marie Cochran, Esq., Information Technology Service, for the agency.
Gary R. Allen, Esq., and Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest of evaluation of quotations is denied where record shows agency's
evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation factors
and applicable procurement rules.
DECISION

Windstream Communications, of Herndon, Virginia, protests the award of a contract
to tw telecom holdings inc.,1 of McLean, Virginia, under request for quotations
(RFQ) No. GSC-QFOB-14-32840, issued by the General Services Administration
(GSA), on behalf of the Department of State for diplomatic security internet and
related telecommunications services. Windstream challenges the agency's
technical evaluation of its quotation.

We deny the protest.


1 The awardee has identified itself using lower case letters; we adopt its approach in
this regard.

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