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B-298941 1 (2007-01-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaucc0001 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: ITS Services, Inc. File: B-298941; B-298941.2 Date: January 10, 2007 William L. Walsh, Jr. Esq., J Scott Hommer, Esq., Keir X. Bancroft, Esq., and Peter A. Riesen, Esq., Venable LLP, for the protester. Paul B. Oman, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the issuance of a task order to a higher technically rated, higher-priced vendor is denied where the solicitation provided that technical merit was more important than price and where the agency record provides a reasonable basis for the award decision. DECISION ITS Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Apogen Technologies, Inc. (hereinafter, referred to as Apogen) protests the issuance of a task order to Bart and Associates, Inc. (Bart) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSBP1O-06-Q-0724, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), for technical and engineering services to support CBP's Office of Information and Technology (OIT). Apogen, which submitted a lower-priced quotation, protests the evaluation of quotations and the resulting selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The OIT is responsible for the design, development, programming, testing, implementation and maintenance of CBP's automated information systems. OIT's Program Integration Division provides architecture and engineering guidance and services to CBP. The Architecture & Engineering Branch (AEB), one of four Program Integration Division branches, provides architecture, network and systems

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