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B-421582 Jul 05, 2023 1 (2023-07-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaopbm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been Decision ro rcrs approved for public release. Matter of: The Lioce Group, Inc. File: B-421582 Date: July 5, 2023 Isais Alba IV, Esq., Samuel S. Finnerty, Esq., Jacqueline K. Unger, Esq., and Daniel J. Figuenick, III, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for the protester. Daniel J. Strouse, Esq., Laurel A. Hockey, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., Rhina Cardenal, Esq., Jason W. Moy, Esq., and Pablo Nichols, Esq., Cordatis LLP, for Ameritel Corporation, the intervenor. John W. Cox, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's decision to exclude the protester's quotation from the competition is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that the protester's quotation failed to comply with the material terms of the solicitation. DECISION The Lioce Group, Inc. (TLG), a small business located in Huntsville, Alabama, protests the exclusion of its quotation submitted in response to request for quotations (RFQ) No. 19AQMM23Q0004, issued by the Department of State (DOS) for the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to obtain multi-functional copier devices and associated maintenance services. TLG contends that the agency unreasonably excluded its quotation from the competition. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On December 21, 2022, DOS issued the RFQ as a small business set-aside using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.405-3. The competition was limited to vendors holding a General Services Administration (GSA) multiple award schedule (MAS) contract 532420LC, Office Management - Printing and Photographic

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