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B-295958 1 (2005-05-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqvw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Integration Technologies Group, Inc. File: B-295958; B-295958.2 Date: May 13, 2005 David S. Cohen, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., Rowena E. Laxa, Esq., and Catherine K. Kroll, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, for the protester. James H. Roberts, III, Esq., and Carrol H. Kinsey, Jr., Esq., Van Scoyoc Kelly PLLC, and Grace Bateman, Esq., and Kevin P. Connelly, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP, for Electronic Vision Access Solutions, an intervenor. Maura C. Brown, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency reasonably eliminated from the competitive range a proposal for a computer system for use by blind veterans that included a 107-key keyboard instead of the 104-key keyboard required by the solicitation. 2. Agency reasonably made a nonavailability determination waiving application of the Trade Agreements Act, 19 U.S.C. §§ 2501-81 (2000), to a procurement, where award was to be made on a group basis and all proposals included components that were not acquired from the United States or designated countries. DECISION Integration Technologies Group, Inc. (ITG) protests the award of a contract to Electronic Vision Access Solutions (EVAS) under request for proposals (RFP) No. 797-NC-04-0004, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for computers for blind veterans. We deny the protest. The RFP provided for award of a requirements contract for a base year with four 1-year options. Award was to be made on a best value basis, considering (in descending order of importance) technical, price, past performance, and small disadvantaged business utilization criteria. The technical factor consisted of subfactors for ease of use, connectors and controls easily differentiated by touch,

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