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B-400853 1 (2009-01-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadaso0001 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: Privasoft Inc. File: B-400853 Date: January 27, 2009 Robert Allen Evers, Esq., and George M. Coburn, Esq., Robert Allen Evers Law Offices, Chartered, for the protester. Lawrence J. Sklute, Esq., Sklute & Associates, for AINS, Inc., an intervenor. James E. Hicks, Esq., Drug Enforcement Administration, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Price evaluation, which included all option year license prices, was reasonable where vendor did not indicate any price reduction in option years for initial, perpetual licenses quoted in base year, and solicitation, as clarified by agency, provided that option year license pricing represented the cost of initial licenses for subsequent years. DECISION Privasoft Inc., of Herndon, Virginia, protests the issuance of a delivery order to AINS, Inc., of Gaithersburg, Maryland, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 08-SI-0461, issued by the Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), for software in support of the Electronic Freedom of Information Act (EFOIA) program at DEA. The competition was limited to vendors holding General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts. Privasoft asserts that the agency improperly evaluated the vendors' pricing. We deny the protest. The RFQ sought quotations for all labor and materials to provide EFOIA software and any necessary customization, and contemplated the issuance of a delivery order for a base year, with up to 4 option years. Quotations were to be evaluated under four technical factors--compliance with section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; operational compatibility with current and future DEA operating environment; product demonstration and associated documentation; and past performance/experience. The RFQ required vendors to submit pricing for licenses

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