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B-404032.3,B-404032.4 1 (2011-04-06)

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A     ,   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.
          Decision


          Matter  of:  Solers, Inc.

          File:        B-404032.3; B-404032.4

          Date:        April 6, 2011

          Patricia H. Wittie, Esq., Karla J. Letsche, Esq., and Daniel J. Strouse, Esq., Wittie,
          Letsche & Waldo, LLP, for the protester.
          Rand L. Allen, Esq., Nicole J. Owren-Wiest, Esq., and Tracye Winfrey Howard, Esq.,
          Wiley Rein LLP, for Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., an intervenor.
          JoAnn W. Melesky, Esq., Department of Defense, for the agency.
          Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
          Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          1. Protest is sustained where the awardee's proposal improperly took exception to
          the solicitation requirement to propose a fixed price.

          2. Protest challenging the evaluation of the offerors' past performance is sustained
          where the record does not permit a meaningful review of whether the agency's
          evaluation was reasonable.

          3. Protest challenging the evaluation of offerors' technical proposals is sustained
          where the record does not demonstrate that agency reasonably evaluated the
          qualifications of the awardee's proposed personnel.
          DECISION

          Solers, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Booz Allen
          Hamilton, Inc. (BAH), of McLean, Virginia, by the Department of Defense, Defense
          Information Systems Agency (DISA) under request for quotations (RFQ)
          No. DIAMZO3204  for support of the DISA Program Executive Office--Mission
          Assurance and Network  Operations Cross Domain Solutions. Solers argues that
          DISA improperly issued the task order to BAH because the awardee's proposal took
          exception to the RFQ requirement to propose a fixed price. The protester also

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