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B-414641 1 (2017-08-08)

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GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States

                                         DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
       Is The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                               a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                       been approvedforpublic release.

Matter of:   FedResults, Inc.

File:        B-414641

Date:       August 8, 2017

Richard J. Conway, Esq., Lyndsay A. Gorton, Esq., Stephanie M. Harden, Esq., and
Michael J. Slattery, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for the protester.
Richard B. O'Keeffe, Jr., Esq., Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP, for the intervenor.
William B. Blake, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency.
Stephanie B. Magnell, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging the agency's finding that the protester's price was not fair and
reasonable is denied, where the protester's price proposal was incomplete and its
evaluated price was over 20 times the agency's estimated price.

2. Protest is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that the awardee's
proposal satisfied the solicitation requirements, and where the protester fails to address
how it was prejudiced by any possible waiver of such requirements.
DECISION

FedResults, Inc. (FedResults), of Reston, Virginia, protests the establishment of a
blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Cybermedia Technologies, Inc. (CTEC), of
Reston, Virginia, by the Department of the Interior (DOI), under request for quotations
(RFQ) No. RFQ1 156958. The protester raises multiple challenges to the establishment
of the BPA, including allegations that the agency's price evaluation was flawed and that
the awardee's proposal failed to satisfy certain solicitation requirements.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On January 6, 2017, DOI issued the RFQ under the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS)
procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4, to current holders of
General Services Administration (GSA) schedule 70 contracts, with a response date of

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