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B-404357,B-404357.2 1 (2011-02-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbtj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: li AL 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. D e c is io n ........................................................... Matter of: U S Information Technologies Corporation File: B-404357; B-404357.2 Date: February 2, 2011 David S. Black, Esq., and Jacob W. Scott, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the protester. Angela B. Styles, Esq., Richard W. Arnholt, Esq., and Gunjan R. Talati, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the intervenor. Paul C. Scheck, Esq., and Judith Pullman Gever, Esq., Department of Defense, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. In a procurement conducted pursuant to Federal Supply Schedule procedures, an agency, when ordering services priced at hourly rates and when a statement of work is included, is required to consider the level of effort and the mix of labor offered to perform a specific task being ordered and determine that the total price is reasonable. 2. Protest of an agency evaluation of the awardee's past performance is sustained, where the solicitation provided for the evaluation of projects that were similar in scope and complexity, and there is no explanation in the record or in response to the protest explaining why the awardee's smaller-value past performance projects were similar in scope and complexity. 3. Protest is sustained in a Federal Supply Schedule procurement that provided for issuance of a task order on a best value basis, where the agency failed to assess the vendors' differing strengths or otherwise explain why the quotations were technically equal. DECISION U.S. Information Technologies Corporation (USIT), of Chantilly, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to 5D Information Management, Inc., of Braintree, Massachusetts, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 452182, issued by the

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