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GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                           of the United States




Decision


Matter of:  Computer  World Services

File:       B-417354

Date:       May  16, 2019

Lee Dougherty, Esq., Effectus, PLLC, for the protester.
Richard J. McCarthy, Esq., Millennium Challenge Corporation, for the agency.
Kasia Dourney, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging an agency's evaluation of the protester's quotation is denied where
the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation,
and where the agency reasonably determined after the technical review to exclude the
protester from further consideration.
DECISION

Computer World Services (CWS), of Falls Church, Virginia, protests the award of a
contract to 1901 Group, LLC, of Blacksburg, Virginia, pursuant to request for quotations
(RFQ) No. 95332418Q0164,  issued by Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Office
of Chief Information Officer (OCIO) in the Administration and Finance Department, for
information technology (IT) operations and maintenance support services. The
protester challenges the agency's evaluation of its technical quotation. The protester
also alleges that the agency engaged in disparate treatment by assessing a deficiency
to CWS's quotation for lack of key personnel.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On August 31, 2018, MCC issued the RFQ to small business holders of General
Services Administration (GSA) IT Schedule 70, special item number 132-51,
contemplating the establishment of a single blanket purchase agreement (BPA), on a
best-value tradeoff basis. Agency Report (AR), RFQ at 21, 67; Contracting Officer's

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