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B-415330.3,B-415330.4 1 (2018-05-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduth0001 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: Jardon and Howard Technologies, Inc. File: B-415330.3; B-415330.4 Date: May 24, 2018 Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Samantha S. Lee, Esq., Moshe B. Broder, Esq., and Cara L. Lasley, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Paul J. Seidman, Esq., and David J. Seidman, Esq., Seidman & Associates, P.C., for Consolidated Safety Systems, Inc., the intervenor. Florence N. Bridges, Esq., and James Rhodes, Esq., Department of Commerce, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's technical evaluation under the management approach factor is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Jardon and Howard Technologies, Inc. (JHT), of Orlando, Florida, protests the establishment of a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Consolidated Safety Services, Inc. (CSS), of Fairfax, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. NCNS4000-17-00042, issued by the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), for scientific and technical mission support services. JHT challenges NOAA's evaluation of the vendors' quotations under the management approach factor and argues that the agency's source selection decision was unreasonable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency issued the RFQ on June 20, 2017, using Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4 procedures, to vendors holding General Services Administration (GSA) FSS contracts. RFQ at 1, 5. The RFQ anticipated establishing a BPA consisting of a base year, and four 1-year options, with a ceiling price of $40,000,000. The RFQ

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