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B-409736.2 1 (2014-12-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqve0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General 4 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 Decision [e for pic release. Matter of: High Plains Computing, Inc. d/b/a HPC Solutions File: B-409736.2 Date: December 22, 2014 Daniel J. Donohue, Esq., Walter A.l. Wilson, Esq., Claude P. Goddard, Jr., Esq., Steven J. Weber, Esq., Erin L. Felix, Esq., and Grace 0. Aduroja, Esq., Polsinelli PC, for the protester. John R. Tolle, Esq., Barton, Baker, Thomas & Tolle, LLP, for National Capitol Contracting, LLC, an intervenor. Ryan M. Warrenfeltz, Sr., Esq., and Brandon Dell'Aglio, Esq., Social Security Administration, for the agency. Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that awardee's proposal for video teleconferencing (VTC) support services was technically unacceptable because awardee lacked certification from manufacturer of certain agency VTC equipment is denied where record reflects that solicitation did not require such certification and awardee's proposal discussed its direct relationship with manufacturer of said VTC equipment. 2. Protest that awardee was ineligible for award because its System for Acquisition Management record did not list solicitation's North American Industry Classification System code at time of award is denied where record shows contracting officer reasonably relied on other information to find awardee met applicable size standard. DECISION High Plains Computing, Inc. d/b/a HPC Solutions (HPC), of Lakewood, Colorado, protests the award of a contract by the Social Security Administration to National Capitol Contracting, LLC (NCC), of Arlington, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. SSA-RFP-14-1005 for video teleconferencing (VTC) support services. HPC alleges that the award was improper because when it was made, NCC did not hold a certification from the manufacturer of certain agency VTC equipment and because its System for Acquisition Management (SAM) record did not list the solicitation's North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code.

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