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B-402067 1 (2010-01-12)

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         G    A   O                                                    Comptroller General
      Acc untabiity * 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.
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         Matter  of:  Digital Solutions, Inc.

         File:        B-402067

         Date:        January 12, 2010

         Ira E. Hoffman, Esq., Christopher C. Roberts, Esq., Karl W. Means, Esq., Alan S.
         Tilles, Esq., and Max R. Masinter, Esq., Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, PA,
         for the protester.
         James J. McCullough, Esq., Steven A. Alerding, Esq., and William S. Speros, Esq.,
         Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, for the intervenor.
         Sandra M. Wozniak, Esq., National Science Foundation, for the agency.
         Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         1. Protest that the agency improperly evaluated the quotations of the protester and
         the awardee is denied where, on the record, there is no basis on which to challenge
         the reasonableness of the agency's evaluations.

         2. Protest that agency improperly evaluated the awardee's price is denied where, on
         the record, there is no basis to challenge the reasonableness of the agency's price
         realism analysis.
         DECISION

         Digital Solutions, Inc. (DSI), of McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task
         order to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), of McLean, Virginia,
         by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under request for quotations (RFQ)
         No. DACSO9Q2160   for performance of data center and infrastructure support
         services. DSI asserts that the agency improperly evaluated technical quotations and
         improperly evaluated SAIC's price.

         We  deny the protest.

         NSF  issued the RFQ to 17 General Service Administration (GSA) information
         technology Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 70 vendors. The RFQ contemplated  a
         time-and-materials task order, with a price ceiling. The evaluation factors, in

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