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G A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548 of the United States
Decision
Matter of: Illustrious Consultants
File: B-416914
Date: December 28, 2018
Kahlia Meeks for the protester.
Austin Fulk, Esq., Office of Personnel Management, for the agency.
Kenneth Kilgour, 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 evaluation of awardee's quotation is denied where the
evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's requirements, and
where it was not clear from the solicitation that the protester's more restrictive
interpretation of the solicitation was intended by the agency.
DECISION
Illustrious Consultants (IC), of Atlanta, Georgia, protests the issuance of a purchase
order (PO) to Business Operational Concepts, LLC (BOC), of Ellicott City, Maryland,
under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 243618-18-Q-0047, issued by the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) for Enghouse software licenses. The protester
challenges the agency's evaluation of the awardee's quotation.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The RFQ, set aside for women-owned small businesses (WOSB) and issued in
accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 12 (Acquisition of
Commercial Items) and 13.5 (Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items),
contemplated the issuance of a fixed-price PO. Protest, Exh. 4, RFQ at 2. Award
would be made to the WOSB authorized reseller submitting the lowest-priced
technically-acceptable quotation. Id. A technically acceptable quotation was defined as
one that demonstrates an ability to meet the specifications of the [bill of materials
(BOM)]. Id. The agency would evaluate the lowest-priced quotation for technical](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadvjp0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)