About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-418525,B-418525.2 1 (2020-06-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebgr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAiO 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: SNAP, Inc. File: B-418525; B-418525.2 Date: June 5, 2020 Kelly E. Buroker, Esq., Jeffrey M. Lowry, Esq., and Tamara Droubi, Esq., Vedder Price PC, for the protester. Amy Laderberg O'Sullivan, Esq., Olivia L. Lynch, Esq., and Eric A. Ashby II, Esq, Crowell & Moring LLP, for Accenture Federal Services, LLC; and J. Scott Hommer, III, Esq., Rebecca E. Pearson, Esq., Emily A. Unnasch, Esq., Christopher G. Griesedieck, Esq., and Taylor Hillman, Esq., Venable, LLP, for Science Applications International Corporation, the intervenors. Azine Farzami, Esq., United States Department of Agriculture, for the agency. John Sorrenti, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency conducted misleading discussions because it did not inform the protester that its labor rates were considered unreasonable is denied where record shows that prior to discussions, the agency concluded in its price evaluation only that protester's initial quoted rates were high. 2. Protest that agency engaged in disparate treatment with regard to the price evaluation is denied where record shows the difference in evaluations was a result of a difference in quotations. 3. Protester is not an interested party to challenge the evaluation of its technical quotation where protester would not be in line for award because agency reasonably determined that the protester's final price quotation was not fair and reasonable. DECISION SNAP, Inc., of Chantilly, Virginia, protests the decision of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, not to establish a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with the company under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 127604-19-Q-001 0, seeking a range of information technology (IT) support services. SNAP alleges that the

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most