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B-411853.2,B-411853.3,B-411853.4 1 (2016-01-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrux0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General 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 been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: DKW Communications, Inc. File: B-411853.2; B-411853.3; B-411853.4 Date: January 8, 2016 Joseph P. Hornyak, Esq., and Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the protester. Antonio R. Franco, Esq., Kathryn V. Flood, Esq., Alexander 0. Levine, Esq., and Jacqueline K. Unger, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for the intervenor. Antonio T. Robinson, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency unreasonably failed to conduct a price realism analysis is denied where the record shows that a price realism analysis was not required under the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest is denied where a review of the record shows that the agency's best- value award decision was reasonable. DECISION DKW Communications, Inc., of Washington, D.C., protests the award of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to Harmonia Holdings Group LLC, of Blacksburg, Virginia, by the Department of Agriculture under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 3A94-S-15-0070 for support to the agency's Public Health Information System (PHIS). DKW challenges the agency's evaluation of Harmonia's price proposal and the evaluation of its own proposal under the non-price evaluation factors. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued on July 22, 2015, sought quotations from General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) Schedule 70 Special Item Number (SIN) 132 51 contract holders to perform PHIS design and development

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