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B-276675 1 (1997-07-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafzh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: American Overseas Book Company, Inc. File: B-276675 Date: July 10, 1997 Cicely P. Marks for the protester. Frank W. Miller, Esq., Paul D. Warring, Esq., Edwin A. Davis, and Jerry W. Aldridge, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Jeanne W. Isrin, Esq., David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest against cancellation of purchase order is denied where item description in request for quotations misstated the agency's actual needs; although awardee's quotation reflected agency's actual needs, other firms submitted quotes based on the stated description, and therefore were prejudiced by the error. DECISION American Overseas Book Company, Inc. (AOBC) protests the Department of the Air Force's cancellation of a purchase order (No. F49642-97-P0401) issued to AOBC under request for quotations (RFQ) No. F49642-97-QS164 for specified books. We deny the protest. The RFQ, issued through the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), contained two line items (CLIN): CLIN 0001, for 125 copies of Book, Priorities--The Pathway to Success, and CLIN 0002, for 125 copies of Book, Developing The Leaders Around You. Quotations were received as follows: CLIN 0001 CLIN 0002 Total Firm A $ 400.00 $1,437.50 $ 1,837.50 R.G. Associates (RGA) $ 437.50 $1,431.25 $ 1,868.75 Firm B $ 480.00 $1,386.25 $ 1,866.25 AOBC $13,493.75 $1,312.50 $14,806.25 &VJT I?

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