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B-406761,B-406761.2 1 (2012-08-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpar0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller General c ity * Integrity * Rellability 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. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: Glotech, Inc. File: B-406761; B-406761.2 Date: August 21, 2012 Thomas K. David, Esq., and Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., David, Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for the protester. R. Rene Dupuy, Esq., and William C. Buckhold, Esq., United States Agency for International Development, and Michael D. Tully, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agencies. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency failed to meaningfully consider price in issuing blanket purchase agreements under Federal Supply Schedule program involving a maximum of $900 million in orders is sustained where the record shows that the agency selected vendors only on the basis of their technical evaluation scores. DECISION Glotech, Inc., of Rockville, Maryland, a small business, protests the issuance of blanket purchase agreements under the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) to seven firms1 under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SOL-CIO-1 2-000002, issued by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for information technology supplies and services, known as USAID IT Forward. Glotech argues 1 The seven successful vendors were identified as IBM Global Business Services-- Federal, of Bethesda, Maryland; Digital Management Inc., of Bethesda, Maryland; HP Enterprise Services, of Herndon, Virginia; CGI Federal, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia; Computer Sciences Corporation, of Chantilly, Virginia; Morgan Borszcz Consulting, of Arlington, Virginia; and AINS, Inc., of Gaithersburg, Maryland. Agency Report (AR) Tab 4, Unsuccessful Offeror Letter from USAID to Glotech, at 1; AR Tab 8, Award Explanation to Glotech, at 1. Glotech, a small business, focuses its protest on the two small businesses that received BPAs: Morgan Borszcz Consulting and AINS, Inc.

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