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B-410636 1 (2015-01-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqya0001 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: Sapient Government Services, Inc. File: B-410636 Date: January 20, 2015 Carol L. O'Riordan, Esq., Pamela J. Bethel, Esq., and Anthony J. Marchese, Esq., O'Riordan Bethel Law Firm, LLP, for the protester. John E. McCarthy Jr., Esq., Jonathan M. Baker, Esq., and Robert J. Sneckenberg, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for Accenture Federal Services, LLC, an intervenor. Amy Kiger Crotts, Esq., Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation of protester's quotation is denied where record establishes that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with terms of the solicitation. DECISION Sapient Government Services, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Accenture Federal Services, LLC, of Arlington, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. YA1 323-14-CH-0004, issued by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, for technical services in support of the agency's Digital Transformation Program (DTP). Sapient challenges the agency's evaluation of its quotation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency issued the RFQ on August 27, 2014 using the simplified Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) procedures established under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 8.4. The RFQ was issued to vendors holding FSS contracts under General Services Administration Information Technology Schedule 70, and anticipated the establishment of a BPA (for a base period and 4 option years) and

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