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B-400784 1 (2009-01-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadatc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General 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: Dell Marketing LP File: B-400784 Date: January 27, 2009 Jennifer S. Zucker, Esq., Michael J. Schaengold, Esq., and Elizabeth M. Gill, Esq., Patton Boggs LLP, for the protester. Anne B. Perry, Esq., Kieth Szeliga, Esq., and Jessica Mailman, Esq., Sheppard, Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, for Hewlett-Packard Company, an intervenor. Uri R. Ko, Esq., Ellen Rothschild, Esq., Dorothy Guy, Esq., and Ryan Warrenfeltz, Esq., Social Security Administration, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency misevaluated quotations in response to solicitation for computer workstations is denied where record shows that agency's evaluation was in accordance with terms of solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. DECISION Dell Marketing, LP, of Round Rock, Texas, protests the issuance of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), of Bethesda, Maryland, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SSA-RFQ-08-1428, issued by the, Social Security Administration (SSA), to purchase computer hardware under the successful vendor's Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract. Dell asserts that the agency misevaluated the quotations submitted in response to the RFQ and failed to engage in meaningful discussions. We deny the protest. The RFQ contemplated the award of a fixed-unit-price BPA to acquire an estimated quantity of microcomputer workstations, 19-inch and 22-inch flat panel LCD monitors, sound cards, speakers, keyboards and memory upgrades, along with a 4-year warranty on all equipment, and miscellaneous support and installation services. RFQ at 13.

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