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B-410372.2,B-410372.3 1 (2015-03-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrbp0001 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: Diamond Information Systems, LLC File: B-410372.2; B-410372.3 Date: March 27, 2015 Bryan R. King, Esq., Todd R. Overmann, Esq., and Richard W. Arnholt, Esq., Bass Berry & Sims PLC, for the protester. Nicole J. Owren-Wiest, Esq., Tracye Winfrey Howard, Esq., and Gary S. Ward, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for Trusted Mission Solutions, Inc., an intervenor. Meagan K. Guerzon, Esq., Small Business 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 Protest challenging an agency's evaluation of a protester's quotation and the agency's award decision is denied where the record reflects that the agency reasonably evaluated the protester's quotation, and concluded that the awardee's higher-priced, higher technically-rated quotation offered the best value. DECISION Diamond Information Systems, LLC (Diamond), of Sterling, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Trusted Mission Solutions, Inc. (TMS), of McLean, Virginia, by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under RFQ No. SBAHQ-14-Q- 0A39 for development, maintenance and general support services for the IT systems that support SBA's loan and bond programs.' Diamond challenges the agency's evaluation of Diamond's technical approach and past performance, as well as the agency's price realism analysis and best value determination. We deny the protest. 1 Although the solicitation is characterized as an RFQ, it uses the terms offeror and proposal throughout; although the distinction between an RFP and an RFQ does not affect our decision, our analysis does not adopt these terms.

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