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B-412783,B-412783.2,B-412804.2,B-412804.3 1 (2016-05-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadshy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General uAccountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ite d S tate s G o v e rn m e n t A c c o u nta b ility O ff ice ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: Batelco Telecommunications Company B.S.C. File: B-412783; B-412783.2; B-412804.2; B-412804.3 Date: May 31, 2016 Daniel J. Kelly, Esq., Robert A. Mintz, Esq., and Bonnie A. Vanzler, Esq., McCarter & English, LLP, for the protester. Shelly L. Ewald, Esq., Scott P. Fitzsimmons, Esq., and Eric M. Liberman, Esq., Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, for VIVA Bahrain B.S.C. Closed, an intervenor. Travis L. Vaughan, Esq., Defense Information Systems Agency, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protests challenging agency's evaluation of quotations are denied where record shows that the agency's evaluations were reasonable and consistent with the solicitations' evaluation factors and applicable statutes and regulations. DECISION Batelco Telecommunications Company B.S.C., of Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, protests the issuance of delivery orders to VIVA Bahrain B.S.C. Closed, of Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, and Qatar Telecom Q.S.C., d/b/a Oredoo (Qtel), of Doha, Qatar, under, respectively, solicitation Nos. RE04MAR155120 and RE05MAR1 55140, issued by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to acquire leased fiber optic telecommunications services. The services being acquired under solicitation No. RE04MAR1 55120 are to be provided between Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, and the Naval Support Activity in Bahrain. The services being acquired under solicitation No. RE05MAR1 55140 are to be provided between Camp Arifjan, Kuwait and Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.' Batelco maintains that the agency 1 Competition for these requirements was confined to firms that previously had been awarded a basic agreement by the Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO). Agency Reports (ARs) exhs. 1, Solicitations, at Standard Provision No. 01, DITCO Basic Agreement. None of the parties has challenged our jurisdiction to consider these protests against the issuance of the delivery orders (continued...)

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