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B-411856 1 (2015-10-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrok0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Nittany Business Movers, Inc. File: B-411856 Date: October 27, 2015 Michael Gladys, for the protester. George C. Brown, Esq., and Richard Ufford, Esq., United States Securities and Exchange Commission, for the agency. Young S. Lee, Esq., Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the protester's quotation as unacceptable is denied where the quotation failed to comply with the solicitation's requirements. DECISION Nittany Business Movers, Inc., a small business of Lorton, Virginia, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Proven Management, Inc., a small business of Greenbelt, Maryland, by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SECHQ1 -15-Q-0044 for office relocation and warehouse management related services. Nittany argues that the agency's evaluation of its quotation was unreasonable. We deny the protest BACKGROUND On April 30, 2015, and pursuant to the procedures set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4, the SEC issued the RFQ as a small business set-aside. RFQ at 1; Contracting Officer (CO) Statement at 1. The solicitation was issued to ten vendors holding contracts under General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 48, Special Item Number (SIN) 653-8, Office Relocation. Id. The RFQ sought quotations for a full range of office relocation and warehouse management services in support of the SEC's headquarters location. Performance Work Statement (PWS) at 3. The solicitation contemplated the

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