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B-311002 1 (2008-03-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavyw0001 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: LEADS Corporation File: B-311002; B-311002.2 Date: March 26, 2008 William L. Walsh, Jr., Esq., J. Scott Hommer, III, Esq., Keir X. Bancroft, Esq., Patrick R. Quigley, Esq., and Peter A. Riesen, Esq., Venable LLP, for the protester. Alexander J. Brittin, Esq., Brittin Law Group, P.L.L.C., for Enterprise Information Services, Inc., the intervenor. William R. Covey, Esq., and Lisa J. Obayashi, Esq., Department of Commerce, for the agency. John L. Formica, Esq., Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's selection of a lower-rated, lower-priced quotation for the issuance of a task order is unobjectionable where the agency reasonably determined that the protester's quotation's higher rating under the solicitation's experience and transition plan evaluation factors did not outweigh the awardee's quotation's lower price. DECISION LEADS Corporation protests the issuance of a task order to Enterprise Information Services, Inc. (EIS) under a request for quotations (RFQ) issued by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), Department of Commerce, for program management support services. LEADS, the incumbent contractor, argues that the selection of EIS's lower-rated, lower-priced quotation for award was unreasonable and inconsistent with the terms of the solicitation. We deny the protest. The RFQ provided for the issuance of a fixed-price, level of effort task order to a vendor holding a General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule contract on the Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services schedule. RFQ at 1. The solicitation provided for the issuance of an order with a 1-year base period with 4 option years to the vendor submitting the quotation found to represent the best value to the government under the following evaluation factors listed in

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