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B-406792 1 (2012-08-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpag0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General ,!7Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ite d S tate s G o ve rn m e nt A c c o u nta b ility O ff ice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Unsigt , Stats Gn ADOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: SOURCECORP BPS Inc. File: B-406792 Date: August 24, 2012 Albert B. Krachman, Esq., Lucas T. Hanback, Esq., and Brian S. Gocial, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for the protester. Beth Sturgess, Esq., Mark Allen, Esq., Eric Crane, Esq., and Barbara Walthers, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, 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 Challenge to the elimination of the protester's quotation from the competition is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that the quotation was technically unacceptable. DECISION SOURCECORP BPS Inc., of Dallas, Texas, protests the elimination of its quotation from the competitive range by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSSCCG-12-Q-00106 for digitization services. The protester argues that the agency unreasonably found its quotation technically unacceptable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ was issued on January 26, 2012, and was limited to offerors who have contracts under General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) No. 36, special item No. 51-506. The contractor will be required to provide support for the digitization of immigration files, records, and supporting materials. The services include the transportation, disassembly, preparation, indexing, scanning and electronic storing of physical files, as well as the reassembly of the physical files for shipment and final disposition.

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