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B-412854,B-412854.3,B-412854.4 1 (2016-06-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsif0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O 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 Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: Level 3 Communications LLC File: B-412854; B-412854.3; B-412854.4 Date: June 21,2016 Shelly L. Ewald, Esq., Scott P. Fitzsimmons, Esq., and Eric M. Liberman, Esq., Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, L.L.P., for the protester. Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., John S. Pachter, Esq., Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Esq., and Sean K. Griffin, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for Verizon Deutschland GmbH, an intervenor. Travis L. Vaughan, Esq., Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the technical unacceptability of the protester's quotation is denied where the agency reasonably evaluated the quotation in accordance with the solicitation's terms. 2. Protest challenging that awardee's quotation took material exceptions to the terms of the solicitation is denied where the agency reasonably determined that any exceptions taken were not material ones. DECISION Level 3 Communications LLC, of Broomfield, Colorado, protests the issuance of a delivery order to Verizon Deutschland GmbH, of Frankfurt, Germany, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HC1 021-15-T-3033,1 issued by the Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), for the installation and 1 The record reflects the solicitation was referred to as an RFQ in certain instances, and as an Inquiry/Quotation/Order (IQO) in other instances. For the sake of consistency, and because the distinction has no bearing on our analysis, we use the terms RFQ, quotations, and vendors throughout our decision.

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