Summary

Avue Technologies Corp. and Carahsoft Technology Corp. protest the rejection of their proposals under request for proposals (RFP) No. DHS-06-IRS05, issued by the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), for a solution to automate DHS's recruitment and hiring processes because the proposals failed to comply with the RFP's minimum mandatory requirements regarding intellectual property/data rights.

We deny the protest.