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B-412773,B-412773.2 1 (2016-05-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsgg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ite d S tate s G o v e rn m e n t 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 obeen approved for public release. Matter of: Discover Technologies LLC File: B-412773; B-412773.2 Date: May 27, 2016 Robert J. Symon, Esq., Elizabeth A. Ferrell, Esq., and Aron C. Beezley, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for the protester. Shlomo D. Katz, Esq., and Andrew Crawford, Esq., Brown Rudnick LLP, for Information Innovators Inc., an intervenor. Christopher M. Johnson, Esq., and Jonathan A. Baker, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Solicitation provisions requiring the contractor to comply with federal information security laws and standards did not require vendors to demonstrate compliance before the source selection decision; such compliance is a performance requirement to be satisfied during contract performance. 2. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of awardee's technical quotation is denied where the record shows the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. DECISION Discover Technologies LLC, of Reston, Virginia, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Information Innovators Inc. (Triple-i), of Rockville, Maryland, by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 1014249 for website content management system support services. Discover alleges that the agency unreasonably evaluated Triple-i's quotation with regard to information security. We deny the protest.

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