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B-418776 1 (2020-07-24)

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




Decision


Matter of:   Federal Acquisition Services Team OASIS JV, LLC

File:        B-418776

Date:       July 24, 2020

Erin L. Felix, Esq., and Gregory S. Jacobs, Esq., Polsinelli PC, for the protester.
Christine C. Fontenelle, Department of Homeland Security, for the agency.
Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest that the solicitation contained ambiguous and vague evaluation criteria is denied
where the criteria is intelligible and informs prospective vendors of the basis for the
evaluation.
DECISION

Federal Acquisition Services Team OASIS JV, LLC (FAST), of Virginia Beach, Virginia,
protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70RCSA20Q00000028, issued
by the Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Agency  (CISA) for budget, acquisition, and contract support services. FAST complains
that the RFQ's evaluation criteria are unreasonably vague or ambiguous.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On May  6, 2020, CISA issued the solicitation for budget, acquisition, and contract
management   support services.' Agency Report (AR) Tab 4, RFQ at 1; RFQ, Statement
of Work (SOW)  at 2-3; Contracting Officer's Statement of Facts (COS) at 2. The RFQ


1 The RFQ was  issued against the General Services Administration's One Acquisition
Solution for Integrated Services indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract (IDIQ),
and was restricted to eligible small businesses. RFQ, Instructions and Evaluation
Criteria at 1.

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