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B-420718.2,B-420718.3 Jul 29, 2022 1 (2022-07-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaonmc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAiO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: ISHPI Information Technologies, Inc. File: B-420718.2; B-420718.3 Date: July 29, 2022 Craig A. Holman, Esq., Kara L. Daniels, Esq., Amanda J. Sherwood, Esq., Sophia Gonzalez, Esq., and Bell Johnson, Esq., Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, for the protester. William T. Welch, Esq., J. Patrick McMahon, Esq., and Lewis P. Rhodes, Esq., McMahon, Welch and Learned, PLLC, for AmVet Technologies, LLC, the intervenor. Marianna Lvovsky, Esq., Stephanie J. Villalta, Esq., Kevin R. Hilferty, Esq., and Stephanie B. Young, Esq., , Department of Energy, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation and source selection is sustained where record shows agency improperly made award to firm submitting quotation that failed to meet material solicitation requirements. DECISION ISHPI Information Technologies, Inc., of Suffolk, Virginia, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) and the issuance of two task orders to AmVet Technologies, LLC, of Las Vegas, Nevada, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 89303021 RIM000005, issued by the Department of Energy for cybersecurity assessment and authorization support services. ISHPI argues that the agency misevaluated quotations and made an unreasonable source selection decision. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND Competition for this requirement was confined to federal supply schedule (FSS) vendors holding appropriate FSS schedules, and the RFQ contemplates the establishment of a master BPA, along with the issuance of two initial task orders for the solicited services, for a base year and four 1-year options. The RFQ advised that the successful firm

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