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B-280013.2 1 (1998-08-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahui0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Information Systems Technology Corporation File: B-280013.2 Date: August 6, 1998 Paul J. Chun, Ph.D., for the protester. Kenneth E. Patton, Esq., and Jonathan A. Baker, Esq., Department of Health & Human Services, for the agency. Linda S. Lebowitz, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably determined not to establish a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with the protester where the firm failed to demonstrate in its technical proposal its understanding of the BPA statement of work requirements. DECISION Information Systems Technology Corporation (ISTC) protests the decision of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), Department of Health & Human Services, not to establish a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with the firm for independent verification and validation (IV&V) and system testing support services. ISTC protests the agency's evaluation of its proposal for the BPA. We deny the protest. By invitation letter dated January 29, 1998, the agency notified eight vendors on Federal Supply Schedule 70 for automated data processing services that the agency intended to establish four to six BPAs for IV&V/system testing support services. See Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 8.404(b)(4). The letter invited vendors to make an oral technical presentation tailored to the BPA statement of work (SOW) included with the invitation letter. The invitation letter also announced that three task orders were available for immediate consideration. The invitation letter included a SOW for task order No. 0001, and prior to the oral presentations, the agency issued SOWs for task order Nos. 0002 and 0003. The invitation letter advised vendors that they could propose on any, all, or none of the task orders, and in this regard, stated that if a vendor was proposing on only the basic, i.e., BPA, SOW, that the presentation should not exceed 1 hour, and if the vendor was proposing on any or all of the task orders, that the presentation should not exceed 2 hours.

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