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B-412402.2 1 (2016-09-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadspe0001 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 entire decision has now been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Heartland Technology Group, LLC File: B-412402.2 Date: September 29, 2016 Joseph L. Fuller, Esq., Stephen M. Sorett, Esq., L. Elise Dieterich, Esq. Nicole P. Moriarty, Esq., and Brittney R. McClain, Esq., Kutak Rock LLP, for the protester. John E. Jensen, Esq., Alexander B. Ginsberg, Esq., and Selena M. Brady, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for Ace Info Solutions, Inc., the intervenor. Antonio T. Robinson, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency reasonably evaluated awardee's price as realistic where the agency determined that the awardee's rates were lower than the average market rates, but considered the nature of the solicitation requirements and the location where the higher-risk labor categories would be performed, and concluded that the awardee could successfully perform the contract. 2. Protest that agency failed to properly perform a best-value tradeoff is denied where the agency's source selection decision compared the vendors' strengths and weaknesses and concluded that the protester's higher-rated quotation was not worth its substantially higher price. DECISION Heartland Technology Group, LLC, of Overland Park, Kansas, protests the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) award of a contract to Ace Info Solutions, Inc., pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. AG-3144-S-1 5-0018, to provide various information technology (IT) services. Heartland protests that the agency failed to properly perform a price realism evaluation and failed to make a reasonable best-value tradeoff determination. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND

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