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B-400206.2 1 (2008-11-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadawa0001 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: Quality Software Services, Inc. File: B-400206.2 Date: November 19, 2008 Andrew Mohr, Esq., and John O'Brien, Esq., Cohen Mohr, for the protester. Brenda D. Joseph-Chambers, Esq., Department of Housing and Urban Development, for the agency. David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of cancellation of task order for maintenance and development services in support of information technology system is denied where record indicates that order was issued under solicitation that did not accurately reflect agency's minimum needs, but instead was more restrictive of competition than necessary; where an agency issues purchase order based on solicitation that does not accurately reflect agency's minimum needs, the order should be canceled and the procurement reopened to allow competing firms an opportunity to respond to agency's actual requirements. DECISION Quality Software Services, Inc. (QSSI), of Gaithersburg, Maryland, protests the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) cancellation of task order No. C-OPC-23303, issued to QSSI under request for quotations (RFQ) No. R-OPC- 23247 (RFQ-23247), for system development and maintenance services for HUD's Office of Public and Indian Housing's (PIH) Inventory Management System (IMS). HUD canceled the order after Citizant, Inc., of Chantilly, Virginia, protested the selection of QSSI. QSSI asserts that the cancellation was improper. We deny the protest. HUD's IMS is an Internet-based information technology system that facilitates data collection and report generation for PIH. Prior to 2008, IMS was supported by two contractors: Catapult Technology, performing IMS development work, and Visionary Integration Professionals, with QSSI as a subcontractor, performing IMS operations and maintenance services. On February 14, 2008, HUD issued RFQ-23247,

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