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B-421144,B-421144.2 Dec 22, 2022 1 (2022-12-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaoobn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                      Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                of the United States
Decision
Matter of: 3DCAD Printer, Inc., d/b/a 3D Printer Technology
File:     B-421144; B-421144.2
Date:     December 22, 2022
Ron Robinson for the protester.
Corinne Foley Peterson, Esq., and James S. Yu, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the
agency.
Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest that agency misevaluated protester's proposal as unacceptable is denied where
the record shows the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's
evaluation criteria.
DECISION
3DCAD Printer, Inc., doing business as 3D Printer Technology, of Marietta, Georgia,
protests the issuance of a purchase order to DH Technologies, LLC, of Leesburg,
Virginia, both small businesses, under request for quotations (RFQ)
No. N6426722Q1148. The Department of the Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center
(NSWC), issued the RFQ for the renewal of commercial maintenance agreements for
DELL EMC hardware appliances1 for the NSWC Corona Division Performance
Assessment Department in Corona, California. 3DCAD argues that its quotation was
improperly rejected as technically unacceptable.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The RFQ, issued on August 30, 2022, sought fixed-price quotations to provide
maintenance renewals under a brand-name-only specification. The Navy explains that
the procurement seeks hardware support and software support, which would include
1 The hardware appliances include items such as data domains and network nodes.

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