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B-421699,B-421699.2 Sep 01, 2023 1 (2023-09-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaopdc0001 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 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. No party requested redactions; D ecisio n we are therefore releasing the decision in its entirety. Matter of: Allegheny Science & Technology Corporation File: B-421699; B-421699.2 Date: September 1, 2023 Gordon N. Griffin, Esq., Hillary J. Freund, Esq., Kelsey M. Hayes, Esq., and Richard J. Ariel, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the protester. Shlomo D. Katz, Esq., Kenneth B. Weckstein, Esq., and Andrew C. Crawford, Esq., Brown Rudnick LLP, for Energy Technology Alliance LLC, the intervenor. H. Jack Shearer, Esq., Greta Iliev, Esq., Marianna Lvovsky, Esq., and Nicholas Bidwell, Esq., Department of Energy, 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 quotations for multiple award schedule blanket purchase agreement is denied where the record shows that the technical evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation and where a miscalculation in the vendors' total evaluated prices was not prejudicial due to the protester's significantly higher price. DECISION Allegheny Science & Technology Corporation, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, a small business, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) under the General Services Administration's (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) to Energy Technology Alliance, LLC (ETA), of Redmond, Oregon, also a small business. The Department of Energy issued the BPA under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 89243423QEE000093, for scientific, engineering, and technical support (SETS) services for the agency's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, primarily in Washington, D.C. and Golden, Colorado. Agency Report (AR), Tab A.4, RFQ amend. 2 at 16. Allegheny argues that the agency misevaluated both firms' quotations and made an unreasonable source selection decision. We deny the protest.

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