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B-412787 1 (2016-05-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsgz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Singhal & Company, Inc. File: B-412787 Date: May 31, 2016 Kanan Thaker, Esq., for the protester. Kara M. Sacilotto, Esq., and Gary S. Ward, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., an intervenor. Sara E. McGraw, Esq., and Kenneth Pakula, Esq., Environmental Protection Agency, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation of the protester's price quotation is denied where agency's evaluation was consistent with the terms of the request for quotations. DECISION Singhal & Company, Inc. (SCi), of Reston, Virginia, protests the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rejection of its quotation as unacceptable under request for quotations (RFQ) No. RFQ-HPOD-OA-2015 for comprehensive infrastructure support services. SCi asserts that the agency deemed its quotation ineligible for award based on a flawed price evaluation of its open market items. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued on November 6, 2015, was limited to holders of General Service Administration's (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4. The solicitation sought to obtain a variety of real property asset management services, including facilities management; safety, health and environmental management; security management; and general support. RFQ rev. 4, at 1. In performing these services, the agency expected vendors to rely on services available on the following

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