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B-298888 1 (2006-12-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptassm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States 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: World Wide Technology, Inc. File: B-298888 Date: December 1, 2006 Stephen S. Kaye, Esq., and William E. Olson, Esq., Bryan Cave LLP, for the protester. Janine S. Benton, Esq., and Kathy C. Potter, Esq., Benton & Potter, PC, for Government Technology Services, Inc., an intervenor. John R. Caterini, Esq., and Barry C. Hansen, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In a procurement conducted under Federal Supply Schedule procedures, protest challenging agency's price analysis under a solicitation that provided for a realism assessment of quoted fixed prices for the issuance of a blanket purchase agreement is denied, where the protester asserts that the agency failed to consider that quoted laptop computers would not be available throughout the agreement's base term, but the record shows that the source selection official in fact considered whether the laptop computer models quoted would be available and reasonably concluded based upon the information before him that the models would be available. DECISION World Wide Technology, Inc. protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Government Technology Services, Inc. (GTSI) by the Department of Justice (DOJ) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. DJJL-06-RFQ- 0397 for desktop and laptop computers. World Wide complains that the agency unreasonably evaluated the realism of GTSI's proposed fixed prices. We deny the protest. The RFQ provided for the establishment of a BPA with a 3-year base period and 1-year option period for desktop and laptop computers and optional accessories, services, and peripheral equipment. The competition was limited to vendors who hold contracts under schedule 70 of the General Services Administration Federal

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