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B-409666.5,B-409666.6 1 (2015-01-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqxl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SG A O Comptroller General r Accountablity * 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: Hughes Network Systems, LLC File: B-409666.5; B-409666.6 Date: January 15, 2015 Walter A.l. Wilson, Esq., Daniel J. Donohue, Esq., Claude P. Goddard, Jr., Esq., Grace 0. Aduroja, Esq., and Steven J. Weber, Esq., Polsinelli PC, for the protester. Lori Ann Lange, Esq., and Nick R. Hoogstraten, Esq., Peckar & Abramson P.C., for Artel, LLC, an intervenor. Daniel Hutman, Esq., and Uri R. Ko, Esq., Social Security Administration, for the agency. Lois Hanshaw, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest alleging the agency erred in evaluating the awardee's technical quotation as acceptable is denied where the evaluation is consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest of the agency's best value determination is denied where, consistent with the terms of the solicitation, the agency reasonably concluded that the awardee's lower-priced quotation with lower-rated past performance provided the best value to the government. 3. Protester's allegation that the agency engaged in unequal discussions is denied where our review of the record shows that the agency's exchange with the awardee constituted clarifications, not discussions. DECISION Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes), of Germantown, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to Artel, LLC, of Herndon, Virginia, by the Social Security Administration (SSA) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SSA-RFQ-14-1108 for satellite services and maintenance. Hughes argues that the agency misevaluated the awardee's quotation, performed an unreasonable best-value tradeoff, and engaged in unequal discussions.

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