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B-417909.2,B-417909.3 1 (2020-12-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecfp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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: World Wide Technology, Inc. File: B-417909.2; B-417909.3 Date: December 14, 2020 James Y. Boland, Esq., Dismas N. Locaria, Esq., Emily A. Unnasch, Esq., Christopher G. Griesedieck, Esq., and Michael T. Francel, Esq., Venable LLP, for the protester. Jason A. Carey, Esq., J. Hunter Bennett, Esq., Andrew Guy, Esq., and Michael Pierce, Esq., Covington & Burling LLP, for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, the intervenor. Daniel C. McIntosh, Esq., and Michelle Sabin, Esq., Defense Information Systems Agency, for the agency. Charmaine A. Stevenson, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency's discussions were not meaningful because the agency did not inform the protester that its price was unreasonably high is denied where the record shows that the agency concluded the protester's price was reasonable. 2. Protest that agency's discussions misled the protester to change its technical solution in a manner that needlessly increased its price is denied where the record shows that the agency repeatedly raised its legitimate concerns regarding an aspect of the protester's proposed technical solution. 3. Protest alleging that the disparities between the offerors' proposed prices and the government's estimate show that the offerors were not competing on a common basis is denied where the protester does not identify any solicitation provisions which are vague or misleading. DECISION World Wide Technology, LLC (WWT), of St. Louis, Missouri, protests the award of a contract to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE), of Reston, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HC1084-18-R-0001, issued by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), for enterprise storage solution services. The protester contends that the agency's discussions were misleading and not meaningful. The

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