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GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States
                                                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: Jardon and Howard Technologies, Inc.

File:     B-414979; B-414979.2

Date:       October 27, 2017

Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Samantha S. Lee, Esq., and Moshe B. Broder, Esq., Wiley Rein
LLP, for the protester.
William A. Shook, Esq., Law Offices of William A. Shook, for GAP Solutions, Inc., the
intervenor.
Christina M. Austin, Esq., and Lisa Marie Golden, Esq., Department of Defense,
Washington Headquarters Services, for the agency.
Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest that agency misevaluated protester's and intervenor's quotations for
administrative and litigation support services is denied where contemporaneous record
shows that agency evaluated both quotations reasonably, and made a rational source
selection decision in favor of awardee's lower-priced quotation.
DECISION

Jardon and Howard Technologies, Inc. (JHT), of Orlando, Florida, protests the issuance
of a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) task order to GAP Solutions, Inc., of Herndon,
Virginia, by the Department of Defense (DOD), Washington Headquarters Services
(WHS), under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HQ0034-16-R-0269, for administrative
and litigation support services for Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA)
locations in Arlington, Virginia and Woodland Hills, California. JHT, the incumbent
contractor, argues that WHS misevaluated the quotations and made an unreasonable
source selection decision.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFQ, issued on August 17, 2016, requested quotations from FSS contractors
holding professional services schedule (PSS) contracts with special item No. 874-1,

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