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A G A O Comptroller General
. Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
Decision
Matter of: Systems, Studies, and Simulation, Inc.
File: B-295579
Date: March 28, 2005
Gary L. Rigney, Esq., for the protester.
Victor G. Vogel, Esq., and Sharon B. Patterson, Esq., Department of the Army, and
Thedlus L. Thompson, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agencies.
John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Agency's evaluation of the protester's quotation under the solicitation's pricing
structure evaluation criterion as posing moderate risk was reasonable where the
quotation included the protester's Federal Supply Schedule labor rates, and the
protester's rates were slightly to significantly lower than the agency's calculated
historical rates, and the specific services to be performed are highly complex in
nature.
DECISION
Systems, Studies, and Simulation, Inc. (S3) protests the rejection of its quotation
under request for quotations (RFQ) No. W31P4Q-04-T-0564, issued by the
Department of the Army, for advisory and assistance services in support of the Army
Aviation and Missile Command.'
We deny the protest.
The RFQ informed vendors that the Army intends to award a minimum of four BPAs
[blanket purchase agreements] to responsible BPA teams whose quotations are
considered most advantageous to the government based on the following five
evaluation criteria: performance capability, teaming and business arrangements,
1 Our discussion in this decision is necessarily general because a protective order
was not issued in connection with this protest.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptaqut0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)