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B-294226.3 1 (2005-01-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqsk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity * Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States Government Accountability 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: KEI Pearson, Inc. File: B-294226.3; B-294226.4 Date: January 10, 2005 Scott T. Kragie, Esq., Robert E. Gregg, Esq., Karen R. Harbaugh, Esq., and Margaret L. Maciulla, Esq., Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, and William F. Savarino, Esq., and John J. O'Brien, Esq., Cohen Mohr, for the protester. Helaine G. Elderkin, Esq., Carl J. Peckinpaugh, Esq., and Charles S. McNeish, Esq., Computer Sciences Corporation, an intervenor. George U. Lane, Esq., General Services Administration, and Kenneth J. Densmore, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agencies. Linda S. Lebowitz, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Where the solicitation required that all items or services be on a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), the contracting agency improperly issued a task order to a vendor whose quotation was based on purchasing software products outside the framework of the FSS. DECISION KEI Pearson, Inc. protests the issuance of a task order to Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 4TNG17044035, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for phase II of the Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) system. (GSA conducted this acquisition on behalf of the Department of the Navy, the user activity.) KEI contends that GSA improperly issued the task order to CSC under that vendor's Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract. We sustain the protest. The mission of the NKO system is to provide the entire Navy enterprise (800,000 to 1.2 million users, with scalability up to 6 million users), with greater access to training, education, and professional development. RFQ attach. 1, at 1. The NKO system provides users with access to training for technical and professional development, delivering on-demand education and training 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and anywhere in the world. The NKO system is required to operate using

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