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B-407705 1 (2013-01-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpie0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity* Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Environment International Ltd. File: B-407705 Date: January 28, 2013 Brent Finley, Esq., Environment International, Ltd., for the protester. James J. McCullough, Esq., and Michael J. Anstett, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, for Science Applications International Corporation, an intervenor. Sherry Kinland Kaswell, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester's challenge to the agency's evaluation of its quotation is denied where record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with terms of the solicitation. DECISION Environment International Ltd. (El), of Seattle, Washington, protests the award of a task order to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of McLean, Virginia, by the National Parks Service (NPS), Department of the Interior under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 665859 for environmental compliance audits at 49 NPS sites located in the NPS's Pacific West Region. El challenges the agency's evaluation of its quotation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND NPS initially solicited this requirement under a different RFQ under the Federal Supply Schedule, in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 8.4. The agency awarded a task order to SAIC on September 16, 2011. El filed an agency-level protest which was subsequently denied. El then filed a protest in this Office on November 3. The agency took corrective action, by terminating the task order and resoliciting the requirement. Agency Report (AR) at 1-2.

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