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B-409585.2,B-409585.3 1 (2014-06-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqka0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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 L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Kipper Tool Company File: B-409585.2; B-409585.3 Date: June 19, 2014 Stan Hinton, Esq., Stan Hinton Law Office, for the protester. Anne B. Perry, Esq., Jonathan S. Aronie, Esq., David S. Gallacher, Esq., and Townsend L. Bourne, Esq., Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, and Robert A. Van Kirk, Esq., Edward C. Reddington, Esq., and Ryan H. Creighton, Esq., Williams & Connolly LLP, for W.W. Grainger, Inc., an intervenor. Stephen T. O'Neal, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is denied where record fails to support protester's allegation that successful vendors offered an item manufactured in a country not on the Trade Agreements Act designated country list. DECISION Kipper Tool Company, of Gainesville, Georgia, protests the failure of the General Services Administration (GSA) to establish a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with it under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 819581, for maintenance, repair, and office supplies. Kipper argues that the quotations of the successful vendors should have been found unacceptable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, which was issued on October 8, 2013 to GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) 51 V contract holders, sought to establish multiple BPAs for maintenance, repair, and office (MRO) supplies as part of GSA's Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI). The solicitation estimated that the total value of purchases to be made under the BPAs was more than $1.8 billion ($236 million annually). RFQ at 3. While the solicitation contemplated the establishment of BPAs for three categories

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