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B-421932 Dec 08, 2023 1 (2023-12-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaoppz0001 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 Decision a GAO Protective Order. The entire decision has now been approved for public release. Matter of: Interior Systems, Inc., d/b/a ISI Professional Services File: B-421932 Date: December 8, 2023 Eric A. Valle, Esq., Isaias Cy Alba, IV, Esq., Katherine B. Burrows, Esq., Jacqueline K. Unger, Esq., and Dozier L. Gardner Jr., Esq., Piliero Mazza, PLLC, for the protester. Carlos S. Pedraza, Esq., and Camille Small-Simon, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Raymond Richards, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's decision to reject the protester's quotation is denied where the protester's timely submitted quotation lacked required information and was therefore technically unacceptable and its subsequently submitted quotation was properly rejected by the agency as late in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Interior Systems, Inc., d/b/a ISI Professional Services (ISI), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Sterling, Virginia, protests the decision of the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to reject its quotation submitted in response to request for quotations (RFQ) No. 15F06723Q0000212, for personnel to support the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The protester argues that the agency's decision to reject its quotation was contrary to established law and otherwise unreasonable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The FBI's NICS section is tasked with providing timely determinations on individuals' eligibility to possess firearms or explosives in accordance with federal law. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3-1, Conformed RFQ (RFQ) at 3. The instant procurement seeks qualified personnel to support the NICS section. Id. at 5.

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