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B-414782.4,B-414782.5 1 (2018-03-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadumj0001 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 a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Scope Infotech, Inc. File: B-414782.4; B-414782.5 Date: March 22, 2018 Daniel J. Strouse, Esq., Laurel A. Hockey, Esq., David S. Cohen, Esq., and John J. O'Brien, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, for the protester. David B. Dixon, Esq., Meghan D. Doherty, Esq., and Robert Starling, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for Sparksoft Corporation, the intervenor. Christian P. Maimone, Esq., and Erin V. Podolny, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Issuance of a task order that included non-Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) items under a competition among FSS vendors was improper. 2. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of the awardee's quotation is denied where, despite the protester's assertions to the contrary, the solicitation did not mandate the pricing of all software provided as government furnished equipment, vendors were assessed on a common basis, and the awardee's professional compensation was reasonably evaluated in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation provision 52.222-46. DECISION Scope Infotech, Inc., a small business located in Columbia, Maryland, protests the issuance of a General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) task order to Sparksoft Corporation, a small business located in Catonsville, Maryland, by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 170454 for operations and maintenance of the data services hub system utilized to support healthcare exchanges. The protester challenges multiple aspects of the agency's evaluation. We sustain the protest in part, and deny the protest in part.

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