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B-418367.6,B-418367.7 1 (2020-06-02)

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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:  Alvarez LLC

File:     B-418367.6;   B-418367.7

Date:       June 2, 2020

Eric S. Crusius, Esq., Amy L. Fuentes, Esq., and Kelsey M. Hayes, Esq., Holland &
Knight LLP, for the protester.
Thomas  K. David, Esq., Kenneth Brody, Esq., and Katherine A. David, Esq., David,
Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for Colossal Contracting, LLC, the intervenor.
Mary G. Courtney, Esq., Mellany Alio, Esq., and Reza Behinia, Esq., Department of
Veterans Affairs, 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 quotation's compliance with the material requirements of the
solicitation is denied where the record reveals that the agency's conclusion that the
awardee's quotation complied with the requirements is reasonable.
DECISION

Alvarez, LLC, of Tysons Corner, Virginia, protests the award of a delivery order to
Colossal Contracting, LLC, of Annapolis, Maryland, under request for quotations (RFQ)
No. 36C1 0B20Q0026,  issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to the holders
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Solutions for Enterprise Wide
Procurement (SEWP   V) governmentwide acquisition contract for computer hardware,
software, incidental services, and components. The protester contends that the
awardee's quotation failed to comply with several material RFQ requirements.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFQ,  issued on October 30, 2019, to the SEWP V contract holders, sought
quotations for personal computers, laptops, monitors, docking stations, and incidental
services. Agency Report (AR), Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) T 3. The
requirement was set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and

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