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B-404002.2,B-404002.3 1 (2011-04-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbui0001 and id is 1 raw text is: li AL A , G A O Comptroller General Acc untabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE IaThe decision issued on the date below was subject to a Decision GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approed for p lic release---------------------------------------------------------- Matter of: AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. File: B-404002.2; B-404002.3 Date: April 20, 2011 James H. Roberts III, Esq., Van Scoyoc Kelly PLLC, for the protester. John E. Jensen, Esq., and Nicole Y. Beeler, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for the intervenor. Mark Langstein, Esq., Richard Brown, Esq., and Florence N. Bridges, Esq., Department of Commerce, for the agency. Cherie J. Owen, Esq., Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the acceptability of awardee's quote is denied where the record shows that the agency's judgment was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria and with procurement statutes and regulations 2. Where a competition is conducted among Federal Supply Schedule vendors pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 8, there is no requirement for agencies to conduct discussions in accordance with FAR § 15.306; exchanges with vendors need only be fair and equitable. DECISION AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc., of Germantown, Maryland, protests the award of a contract by the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Global Science & Technology, Inc. (GSTI), of Greenbelt, Maryland, under request for quotes (RFQ) No. 488421, for expanding the National Mesonet Pilot Project of 2009 by building an infrastructure in urban and non-urban areas throughout the United States capable of collecting environmental data. The protester contends that the agency made numerous errors in its evaluation of quotes and in the subsequent selection decision. We deny the protest.

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