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B-415400,B-415400.2,B-415400.3 1 (2018-01-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadugb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO 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 Decision Ia GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approvedforpublic release. Matter of: Ruchman and Associates, Inc. File: B-415400; B-415400.2; B-415400.3 Date: January 2, 2018 Thomas P. McLish, Esq., Elise A. Farrell, Esq., Joseph W. Whitehead, Esq., and Scott M. Heinberg, Esq., Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, for the protester. Daniel R. Forman, Esq., Elizabeth Buehler, Esq., Charles Baek, Esq., and Rosamond Xiang, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for Information Technology Coalition, Inc., the intervenor. James E. Hicks, Esq., and Susan M. Colarco, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Stephanie B. Magnell, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's challenge to the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement on the grounds that it includes items not on the awardee's Federal Supply Schedule is denied, where the record and the agency's explanation show that the agency had a reasonable basis for its decision to accept the vendor's proposed labor categories. 2. Protest challenging the agency's price realism analysis is denied, where the agency evaluated the realism of proposed prices in accordance with the solicitation and was not required to conduct an in-depth analysis of vendors' labor mixes in the manner argued by the protester. 3. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's quotation is dismissed where the protester is not an interested party because, even if it prevails, it is not in line for selection. DECISION Ruchman and Associates, Inc. (Ruchman), of Jessup, Maryland, a small business, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Information Technology Coalition, Inc. (ITC), of Alexandria, Virginia, a service-disabled veteran- owned small business, pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. DJD-1 7-Q-0081, issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), for

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