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B-420150,B-420150.2,B-420150.3 Dec 13, 2021 1 (2021-12-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaomoe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Meridian Knowledge Solutions, LLC File: B-420150; B-420150.2; B-420150.3 Date: December 13, 2021 Lucas T. Hanback, Esq., Alexandria Tindall Webb, Esq., Eleanor M. Ross, Esq., Deborah Rodin, Esq., Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, PC, for the protester. Robert K. Tompkins, Esq., Hillary J. Freund, Esq., Kelsey M. Hayes, Esq., Sean Belanger, Esq, Holland & Knight, LLP, for Envisage Technologies, LLC, the intervenor. Roger A. Hipp, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Michael Willems, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is sustained where the agency's issuance of blanket purchase agreements with various periods of performance shorter than ten years was inconsistent with the 10-year term contemplated by the solicitation. DECISION Meridian Knowledge Solutions, LLC, of Reston, Virginia, protests the issuance of three blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) to The Educe Group, Inc., of Bethesda, Maryland, Envisage Technologies, LLC, of Bloomington, Indiana, and IBM Corporation, of Armonk, New York, by the Department of Homeland Security under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70RTAC20Q00000081 pursuant to the General Services Administration's (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), Information Technology program (Legacy Schedule 70), for information technology support services. The protester contends two of the awardees are ineligible for award, and that the agency erred in evaluating quotations in several respects. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND On September 4, 2020, the agency issued the RFQ seeking information technology services supporting the agency's learning management software system. Memorandum of Law (MOL) at 1. The solicitation contemplated the issuance of at least two blanket purchase agreements (BPA) with ordering periods of up to ten years from award to

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