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B-404581.3 1 (2011-08-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadohc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .L G A 0 Comptroller General f. A Accountabity * 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. D e c i s i o n ...................................................................................................................... Matter of: A-Tek, Inc. File: B-404581.3 Date: August 22, 2011 James K. Kearney, Esq., Holly Emrick Svetz, Esq., and Steven W. Cave, Esq., Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, for the protester. Marcia G. Madsen, Esq., David F. Dowd, Esq., and Polly A. Myers, Esq., Mayer Brown LLP, for The Engle Group, an intervenor. Heather M. Self, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Eric M. Ransom, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging that discussions were unequal and misleading is denied where the agency's discussion items led each offeror to the areas of the agency's concern. 2. Protest challenging technical evaluation is denied where the only error identified in the evaluation occurred in the second least important technical evaluation factor such that the error raised no realistic possibility of competitive prejudice. DECISION A-TEK, Inc., of Leesburg, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to The Engle Group (TEG) of McLean, Virginia, by the United States Department of Agriculture, (USDA), under request for quotes (RFQ) No. AG-3142-S-11-0001, for technical services. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The USDA issued the RFQ on September 3, 2010, under the Federal Supply Schedule for general purpose information technology professional services. The RFQ sought to create a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for highly skilled technical services to support the USDA's Washington Communications and Telecommunications Services