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B-409937 1 (2014-09-18)

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         G    A    O                                                   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
         Decision                                  [dforpubic release.



         Matter of:   HS Support

         File:        B-409937

         Date:     September 18, 2014

         Dana H. Kjellgren, Esq., Kjellgren & Speed, PLC; and Paul Brinkman, Esq., Shorall
         McGoldrick Brinkmann, for the protester.
         Roopali Desai, Esq., and Andrew S. Gordon, Esq., Coppersmith Brockelman, PLC,
         for Saint Jude Enterprises, LLC, an intervenor.
         Sarah T. Zaffina, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency.
         Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         Protest challenging agency's evaluation of proposals is denied where record shows
         that agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the
         solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations.
         DECISION

         HS Support, of Flagstaff, Arizona, protests the award of a contract to Saint Jude
         Enterprises, LLC, of Flagstaff, Arizona, under request for quotations (RFQ) No.
         G1 4PS001 54, issued by the Department of the Interior, United States Geological
         Survey (USGS), to provide boat operator services on the Colorado river in
         connection with the agency's conduct of scientific monitoring and research. HS
         maintains that the agency misevaluated proposals and made an unreasonable
         source selection.

         We deny the protest.

         The RFQ contemplated the award of a fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-
         quantity contract for a 5-year ordering period. Firms were advised that the agency
         would make award to the firm submitting the quote deemed most advantageous to

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