About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

B-410933 1 (2015-03-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadras0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 



          G   A     0Comptroller General
               ity * Integrity * Rellability                          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 version has been
                                                    approved for public release.

          Decision

          Matter of:  Sigmatech, Inc.

          File:       B-410933

          Date:       March 18, 2015

          William A. Roberts III, Esq., Richard B. O'Keeffe, Jr., Esq., and Gary S. Ward, Esq.,
          Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester.
          Michael J. Kraycinovich, Esq., Polly Chatham, Esq., and H. Bruce Bartholomew,
          Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency.
          K. Nicole Willems, Esq., and Jennifer Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
          Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest that agency applied unstated evaluation criteria in its evaluation of the
          protester's quotation is denied where the record reflects that the agency's evaluation
          was consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
          DECISION

          Sigmatech, Inc., of Huntsville, Alabama, protests the establishment of blanket
          purchase agreements (BPA) with multiple firms under request for quotations (RFQ)
          No. W31 P4Q-1 3-T-0050, issued by the Department of the Army, Army Materiel
          Command, for programmatic advisory and assistance services. Sigmatech
          challenges the evaluation of its quotation under the performance capability and
          socioeconomic factors, and argues that the source selection decision was improper.

          We deny the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          The RFQ was issued on January 31, 2013 as part of the Army Contracting
          Command's Expedited Professional and Engineering Support Services (EXPRESS)
          BPA program.1 RFQ at 3. The RFQ contemplated the establishment of four BPAs,

          1 The EXPRESS program utilizes General Services Administration (GSA)
          contractors to acquire advisory and assistance services, and consists of four
                                                                          (continued...)

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most