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B-416553,B-416553.2 1 (2018-10-02)

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GO 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:  Criterion Systems, Inc.

File:        B-416553; B-416553.2

Date:       October 2, 2018

David T. Hickey, Esq., Elizabeth C. Johnson, Esq., and Amba M. Datta, Esq., Kelley
Drye & Warren LLP, for the protester.
Antonio R. Franco, Esq., Julia Di Vito, Esq., Timothy F. Valley, Esq., and Meghan F.
Leemon, Esq., PilieroMazza PLLC, for Edgewater Federal Solutions, the intervenor.
James Jurich, Esq., Nicholas Bidwell, Esq., and Kevin R. Hilferty, Esq., Department of
Energy, 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

Challenge to agency's evaluation and award decision is denied where the evaluation
was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria.
DECISION

Criterion Systems, Inc., a small business located in Vienna, Virginia, protests the
issuance of a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) task order to Edgewater Federal
Solutions, of Ijamsville, Maryland, by the Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to
request for quotations (RFQ) No. DE-SOL-001 0923 for application, infrastructure, and
cyber security support for the DOE's Office of Environment, Health, Safety, and Security
(EHSS). 1 The protester challenges the agency's evaluation and award decision.

We deny the protest.

The DOE issued the RFQ on December 8, 2017, pursuant to the procedures of Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 8.405-2, to small business vendors holding contracts
under GSA schedule 70 (the general purpose commercial information technology


1 The solicitation was issued through the General Services Administration (GSA) e-Buy
system. Agency Report (AR), Tab B.2, Source Selection Decision (SSD), at 1.

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