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B-410148 1 (2014-10-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqrn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Encompass Group, LLC File: B-410148 Date: October 28, 2014 H. K. Tyler Jr., Encompass Group, LLC, for the protester. Bridget E. Grant, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that in procurement to establish blanket purchase agreement for jackets agency did not provide estimates of each combination of style, color, and size is denied where agency did not have historical information or any other reasonable way to estimate the number of jackets it may need in each combination. DECISION Encompass, LLC, of McDonough, Georgia, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA1 19-14-Q-0121, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for warm up-jackets. We deny the protest. The RFQ, issued on June 21, 2014, contemplates the establishment of multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA), with a period of 60 months, for warm-up jackets to be worn by hospital personnel over scrubs. The solicitation, issued pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 8.405-3, seeks quotations from vendors holding VA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) Contract 65 II A. RFQ at 1, 5. Vendors are required to hold the FSS contract by the time quotations are due, Id. at 18, and all items must be on the FSS by the time of award. Id. at 20. The RFQ provides that vendors will be required to provide snap-front warm-up jackets that are available in two styles (V-neck and round neck), three colors (jade green, misty green and ceil blue), and in sizes ranging from extra small to five extra large. RFQ at 6. The RFQ includes a total of 54 line items, which are combinations

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