Decision released in protest denial of USDA Forest Service, IT support services requirement

DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency’s evaluation of the protester’s quotation and source selection decision is denied where the evaluation and source selection decision were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation, which established an award methodology based on the highest technically rated quotation with a fair and reasonable price.

DISCUSSION

TechTrend challenges various aspects of the agency’s evaluation and source selection decision.  As noted above, TechTrend and Dynamo both received the highest possible ratings for each of the non-price factors, and their prices were found to be fair and reasonable.  In this context, TechTrend primarily challenges the agency’s evaluation of its quotation and argues that, “had the evaluation been reasonable and in accordance with the RFQ, its non-price rating would have been higher than Dynamo’s.”  Comments and Supp. Protest at 5 n.2.  In addition, TechTrend complains that the agency “fail[ed] to meaningfully explain and document [its] rationale” for selecting Dynamo over TechTrend.  Id. at 18.  In its various protest submissions, TechTrend has raised arguments that are in addition to, or variations of, those specifically discussed below.  While we do not specifically address all of TechTrend’s arguments, we have fully considered all of them and find that they afford no basis on which to sustain the protest…

DECISION

TechTrend, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the issuance of a delivery order to Dynamo Technologies LLC of Vienna, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 12760423Q0051, issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, for information technology support services.  TechTrend protests various aspects of the agency’s evaluation and source selection decision.  We deny the protest.

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