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B-415097,B-415097.2 1 (2017-11-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduaj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: Language Select LLP, dba United Language Group File: B-415097; B-415097.2 Date: November 14, 2017 Scott M. McCaleb, Esq., John R. Prairie, Esq., and Kendra P. Norwood, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Justin Coon, Esq., and Brandon Dell'Aglio, Esq., Social Security Administration, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency held unfair discussions with one vendor in competition among Federal Supply Schedule vendors for issuance of single blanket purchase agreement is sustained where agency asked only awardee to provide information about role of affiliated company in performance of services. 2. Protest that agency misevaluated awardee's quotation by attributing to awardee corporate experience and past performance of affiliate, and by minimizing significance of reported termination for cause of similar contract, is sustained where agency lacked basis to conclude that affiliate's resources would be used in performance of services or that affiliate would be involved in performance, and failed to document reasonable basis for agency's evaluation of termination for cause. DECISION Language Select LLP, doing business as United Language Group, of Los Angeles, California, protests the issuance of a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to Cyracom International, Inc. (CII), of Tucson, Arizona, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SSA-RFQ-1 7-1097, issued by the Social Security Administration (SSA) for worldwide telephone interpreter services. Language Select argues that the SSA misevaluated both firms' quotations, held unequal discussions, and made an unreasonable source selection decision. We sustain the protest.

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