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B-406201,B-406201.2 1 (2012-03-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadotn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I QA Comptroller General 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: The Dixon Group, Inc. File: B-406201; B-406201.2 Date: March 9, 2012 Gerald H. Werfel, Esq., Pompan, Murray & Werfel, P.L.C., and H. Todd Whay, Esq., Whay Law Firm, for the protester. Richard G. Bergeron, Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's exclusion of protester's quotation from further consideration for a procurement using the General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 8.4 is denied, where the record shows that the evaluation of the protester's quotation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation terms, and where the agency reasonably determined that the protester did not have a realistic prospect of award given its significantly lower technical rating and significantly higher price. DECISION The Dixon Group, Inc., of Washington, D.C., protests the decision of the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to exclude Dixon's quotation from further consideration under request for quotations (RFQ) No. NIHAI2011133, for meeting and technical support services. We deny the protest. On September 13, 2011, NIAID issued the RFQ under the General Services Administration's (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) to three vendors with contracts under schedule 541, advertising and marketing solutions. The solicitation contemplated the issuance of a task order on a time and materials basis for a base period with four 1-year options. Award would be made on a best-value basis with technical merit considered significantly more important than price. RFQ § M..

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