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B-414650.13,B-414650.8 1 (2018-05-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadurb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Decision 1The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Innovative Solutions, Inc. File: B-414650.8; B-414650.13 Date: May 2, 2018 Stephen J. Koprince, Esq., Matthew T. Schoonover, Esq., Matthew P. Moriarty, Esq., Shane J. McCall, Esq., and Ian P. Patterson, Esq., Koprince Law, LLC, for the protester. Richard P. Rector, Esq., Dawn E. Stern, Esq., and Eric P. Roberson, Esq., DLA Piper LLP (US), for Inserso Corporaton, the intervenor. Gabriel E. Kennon, Esq., and Christopher M. Alwood, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Alexander 0. Levine, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency's technical evaluation was unequal and unreasonable is denied where the record demonstrates that differences in the quotations supported differing evaluation results. DECISION Innovative Solutions, Inc., a small business located in McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Inserso Corporation, a small business located in Vienna, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSCETC-1 7-Q-00010, issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for information technology operations support services (ITOSS). The protester argues that the agency unequally assigned strengths to Inserso's quotation, inadequately documented the evaluation, and assigned adjectival ratings that were inconsistent with the evaluation criteria. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On March 31, 2017, DHS issued the RFQ, which consolidated seven separate ITOSS task orders into one task order under DHS's Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge Solutions (EAGLE) II indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) multiple-award contract vehicle. The effort solicited includes the provision of a service desk,

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