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B-411934.2,B-411934.3 1 (2016-05-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsft0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General ! 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 - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Tetra Tech AMT File: B-411934.2; B-411934.3 Date: May 17, 2016 Holly A. Roth., Esq., David E. Frulla, Esq., and Elizabeth C. Johnson, Esq., Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, for the protester. Craig A. Holman, Esq., Lauren J. Schlanger, Esq., Emma Dinan, Esq., and Thomas Dallas McSorley, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, for Dell Services Federal Government, Inc., the intervenor. Benjamin I. Klein, Esq, National Science Foundation, 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 Protest that the agency engaged in misleading and unequal discussions, and unreasonably evaluated quotations in the award of a blanket purchase agreement and task order, is denied where the record shows that discussions were not misleading or unequal and that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Tetra Tech AMT, of Arlington, Virginia, protests the award of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) and task order to Dell Services Federal Government, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. DACS1 5Q0011 for information technology services. Tetra Tech argues that the agency engaged in misleading and unequal discussions and failed to reasonably evaluate vendors' quotations. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued on February 3, 2015, sought quotations from holders of the General Services Administration's (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), Schedule 70 contracts for information technology services. RFQ at 1; Agency Report (AR),

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