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B-413876.2 1 (2017-02-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtdo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Decision The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Pitney Bowes, Inc. File: B-413876.2 Date: February 13, 2017 William A. Shook, Esq., The Law Offices of William A. Shook PLLC, for the protester. David K. Barnes, Esq., and Holly H. Styles, Esq., Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, for the agency. K. Nicole Willems, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging technical specifications as unduly restrictive of competition is sustained where the record fails to show that the specifications are reasonably necessary to meet the agency's needs. DECISION Pitney Bowes, Inc., of Washington, DC, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. TIRMS-16-R-00016, issued by the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), for the procurement of mail inserter/folder machines. Pitney argues that the technical specifications set out in the solicitation are unduly restrictive of competition. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ was issued via the General Services Administration's (GSA) e-Buy system on November 3, 2016,1 and contemplated the award of a fixed-price 1 The RFQ, which was designated GSA e-Buy no. 1153425, was initially issued on August 3, 2016, and closed on August 15. In response to the initial RFQ, the agency received quotations from Pitney and another company, Neopost USA. Contracting Officer (CO) Statement at 1. According to the protester, Pitney was (continued...)

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