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A G A O Comptroller General
. Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
Decision
Matter of: Integrate, Inc.
File: B-296526
Date: August 4, 2005
Michael D. Crouch, Ph.D., for the protester.
Kenneth A. Redden, Esq., Environmental Protection Agency, 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
Protester's quotation to provide environmental data management software was
reasonably rejected as technically unacceptable where quotation did not
demonstrate that the proposed software satisfied the essential requirements of the
solicitation.
DECISION
Integrate, Inc., protests the award to EarthSoft, Inc. under request for quotations
(RFQ) No. RFQ-GA-05-00012 issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
for environmental data management software.
We deny the protest.
The RFQ, issued as a combined solicitation/synopsis, sought software to manage
environmental data from various programs adminstered by Region 4 of the EPA, and
included related licenses, ancillary software, and maintenance support.
The RFQ stated that the environmental data management sofware procured had to
be easy to us and have a browser-based interface that will allow casual users to
generate standard tables, reports, and charts based on specified criteria. RFQ 2.
To achieve this, the RFQ contained a number of essential requirements. For
example, the system was required to be non-proprietary, allow for the easy or
transparent exchange of data with EPA Region 4 member[s] ... [and] natively
support the Region 5, and be capable of supporting 100+ users. Id. 3.d, 3.h, 3.n.
The source code and data model was to be made available so that the EPA Region 4
may make any modifications to the system that are demed necessary or desirable.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptaqxw0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)