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B-400655,B-400655.2,B-400655.3 1 (2008-12-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadasi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,G A O Comptroller General LXn , 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: Dynamic Systems Technology, Inc. File: B-400655; B-400655.2; B-400655.3 Date: December 15, 2008 Janice Davis, Esq., Davis & Steele, for the protester. Jeffrey C. Morhardt, Esq., Department of Education, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency unreasonably evaluated quotations is denied where record shows that evaluation was reasonable and consistent with terms of solicitation. DECISION Dynamic Systems Technology, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Trinity Software Solutions, Inc. under request for quotations (RFQ) No. ED-08-R-0024, issued by the Department of Education (DOE) to assist the Federal Student Aid Office (FSA) in its use of the Rational suite of software tools for systems development efforts and infrastructure projects. Dynamic argues that the agency unreasonably evaluated its and Trinity's quotations. We deny the protest. The RFQ provided for a best value evaluation based on the following factors: technical (with subfactors for management approach, sound business practice and systems development methodology, and institutional knowledge, experience and certifications), past performance, and price. RFP at 32, 40. The technical quotations were to be evaluated and rated blue (exceptional), green (satisfactory), or red (unacceptable); past performance was to be rated as highly satisfactory, satisfactory, unsatisfactory or neutral. Quotations were submitted by three vendors, including Dynamic and Trinity. Following the evaluation, Trinity's technical quotation was rated satisfactory and its past performance highly satisfactory, while Dynamic's technical quotation was rated unacceptable and its past performance satisfactory. Trinity quoted a price of $5,180,543 and Dynamic a price of $3,435,410. Price Negotiation Memorandum

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