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B-418290.3,B-418290.4 1 (2020-02-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeasj0001 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 a GAO Protective Order. This version has been Decision approved for public release. Matter of: Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC File: B-418290.3; B-418290.4 Date: February 27, 2020 W. Brad English, Esq., Emily J. Chancey, Esq., Michael W. Rich, Esq., and Jon D. Levin, Esq., Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC, for the protester. Daniel J. Strouse, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., and David S. Cohen, Esq., Cordatis LLP, for FreeAlliance.com, LLC, the intervenor. Jackson Reams, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Evan D. Wesser, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's quotation as being technically unacceptable for failing to demonstrate its capability to comply with certain accessibility requirements established by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is denied because the record reflects that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Harmonia Holdings Group, LLP, of Blacksburg, Virginia, protests the establishment of multiple blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. ID1 1190022, which was issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) on behalf of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), for information technology services. Harmonia argues that GSA unreasonably evaluated its quotation as technically unacceptable for failing to demonstrate its capability to comply with the accessibility requirements established by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.1 1 Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, requires federal agencies to ensure that their electronic and information technology (EIT) provides comparable access to people with and without disabilities whenever an agency develops, procures, maintains, or uses EIT. Visual Connections, LLC, B-407625, Dec. 31, 2012, 2013 CPD 18 at 1.

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