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B-292996 1 (2004-01-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapiv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Network Engineering, Inc. File: B-292996 Date: January 7, 2004 Ernest W. McIntosh, Esq., and Anthony G. Newman, Esq., Newman & McIntosh, for the protester. Edward H. Kim, Esq., and Kenneth J. Ingram, Esq., Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, for Access Systems, Inc., an intervenor. James L. Weiner, Esq., and Alton E. Woods, Esq., Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of agency's evaluation of quotations and best value selection of slightly higher-priced, higher technically rated quotation is denied where record shows evaluation and selection were reasonable and consistent with solicitation. DECISION Network Engineering, Inc. protests the agency's evaluation of quotations, and the selection of a higher-rated, slightly higher-priced quotation from another vendor, Access Systems, Inc., under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 9821-03-Q121, issued by the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for information technology systems support services. The protester contends that the agency's evaluation of its quotation was improper and that it should have been the successful vendor because its quotation was technically acceptable and it offered a lower price than did Access. We deny the protest. The RFQ, set aside for small business concerns, was issued on August 21, 2003 under simplified acquisition procedures. The solicitation contemplated a base year blanket purchase agreement, with four option periods, for local area network (LAN) support services, including assistance in planning, installing, and optimizing hardware, software, and procedures for information technology systems. The source selection was to be based on the agency's determination of which quotation presented the best

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