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B-409939 1 (2014-09-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqpb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * 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: SRA International, Inc. File: B-409939 Date: September 2, 2014 Devon E. Hewitt, Esq., and Jeffrey R. Cook, Esq., Protorae Law PLLC, for the protester. William A. Shook, Esq., Law Offices of William A. Shook PLLC, for InfoReliance Corporation, the intervenor. Robyn A. Littman, Esq., and Christian P. Maimone, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably excluded protester's quotation from consideration for establishment of a blanket purchase agreement where protester failed to furnish documentation establishing compliance with phase I qualifying criterion pertaining to Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorization to operate. DECISION SRA International, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with InfoReliance Corporation, also of Fairfax, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 14-233-SOL-00020, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for services to support the agency's transition to a cloud-based email solution. The protester argues that the agency unreasonably concluded that its quotation failed to demonstrate compliance with two of the solicitation's qualification criteria. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, which was issued pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 8.4, contemplated the establishment of a single BPA against

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