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B-291238 1 (2002-12-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaoin0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity* Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Warden Associates, Inc. File: B-291238 Date: December 9, 2002 Harlan Wax for the protester. Seth Binstock, Esq., Social Security Administration, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency was not required to conduct discussions with protester regarding evaluated weaknesses in its quotation where the quotation was effectively eliminated from consideration as unacceptable and, in any case, agency did not conduct discussions with other vendors. DECISION Warden Associates, Inc. protests the award of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) and task order to Management Analysis, Inc. (MAI) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SSA-RFQ-02-0202, issued by the Social Security Administration (SSA) for competitive sourcing support services. Warden primarily challenges the agency's failure to conduct discussions with Warden. We deny the protest. The RFQ sought quotes from vendors on the General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) for consulting services to provide Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 advisory and support services to the agency's competitive sourcing team and to SSA's individual offices. The successful vendor was to provide all necessary personnel, facilities, equipment, materials, supplies and services to accomplish the functions, tasks, and activities required under the BPA. Vendors were to submit separate quotations for the BPA and the first task order, which were to be evaluated on the basis of four factors, listed in descending order of importance: technical and management approach to BPA and first task order; past performance; staff qualifications; and price. Technical factors were considered of paramount consideration and award was to be based on the

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