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B-409981,B-409981.2 1 (2014-10-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqqo0001 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: Arrington Dixon & Associates, Inc. File: B-409981; B-409981.2 Date: October 3, 2014 Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Esq., and Zachary D. Prince, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for the protester. Scott M. McCaleb, Esq., Jon W. Burd, Esq., and Samantha S. Lee, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for Cognosante, LLC; and Scott E. Pickens, Esq., and William M. Jack, Esq., Barnes & Thornburg LLP, for SRA International, Inc., the intervenors. Sarah T. Zaffina, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's challenge to the agency's price realism analysis of awardees' fixed-price labor rates is denied where the analysis was reasonable and in accordance with the solicitation's evaluation criteria. 2. Protester's allegation that the agency engaged in unequal exchanges with vendors is denied where our review of the record shows that the exchanges were equal. 3. Protester's challenge to the agency's evaluation of assumptions made in an awardee's technical quotation is denied where the protester has not demonstrated that the awardee's assumptions took material exception to the solicitation's requirements and the agency reasonably concluded that the awardee had agree to comply with all the terms and conditions set forth in the solicitation. DECISION Arrington Dixon & Associates, Inc. (ADA), of Washington, D.C., protests the issuance of task orders by the Department of the Interior to Cognosante, LLC, of McLean, Virginia, and SRA, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. D14PS00172 for call center services. ADA, the incumbent contractor, challenges the agency's evaluation of the quotations, conduct of discussions, and the best value award decision.

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