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B-415277,B-415277.2 1 (2017-12-20)

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GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                 Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States
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                                            DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                          The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                                  a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                          been approved for public release.


Matter of:  IPT Associates, LLC

File:       B-415277; B-415277.2

Date:       December 20, 2017

Peter A. Deliso, Esq., and Nelson Blitz, Esq., Executive Counsel, PLC, for the protester.
David E. Fletcher, Esq., Erin M. Estevez, Esq., Amy S. Josselyn, Esq., and Christopher
J. Kimball, Esq., Cooley LLP, for E3 Federal Solutions, LLC, an intervenor.
Christina M. Austin, Esq., and Stephan Piel, Esq., Department of Defense, for the
agency.
Gabriel D. Soil, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the evaluation of quotations is denied where the record shows that
the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's stated evaluation
criteria.
DECISION

IPT Associates, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business of Billerica,
Massachusetts, protests the issuance of a task order to E3 Federal Solutions, LLC, a
veteran-owned small business of McLean, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ)
No. HQ0034-17-Q-0011, issued by the Department of Defense, Washington
Headquarters Services & Pentagon Force Protection Agency (WHS) for administrative,
analytical, and program management services. IPT challenges the agency's technical
evaluation of its own and E3's quotations, as well as the best-value determination.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

WHS issued the solicitation on June 13, 2017, to obtain administrative, analytical, and
program management services to support offices of the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (AT&L). RFQ at 18. The RFQ anticipated that
the successful vendor would perform such tasks as office management, maintenance of
calendars and files, and project management, but also write, review, and/or edit

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