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Accuntabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
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Decision
Matter of: DeVal Corporation
File: B-402182
Date: December 17, 2009
Marc Lamer, Esq., Kostos & Lamer, PC, for the protester.
Gerald Choy, Esq., Naval Air Systems Command, for the agency.
Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Where solicitation required quotations to include sufficient detail for agency to
evaluate vendors' compliance with requirements in statement of work (SOW),
agency reasonably found protester's quotation technically unacceptable where it
failed to address all SOW requirements, including ISO 9001-compliant facility.
DECISION
DeVal Corporation, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, protests the issuance of a
purchase order to Rogers Associates Machine Tool Corporation, of Rochester, New
York, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. N68936-09-T-0236, issued by the
Department of the Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, for skid
platforms. DeVal challenges the agency's technical evaluation.
We deny the protest.
The RFQ--a total small business set-aside issued as a simplified acquisition for a
commercial item under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 13--sought
quotations to fabricate 11 MHU-299 skid platform transport assemblies in
accordance with a statement of work (SOW). The SOW required vendors to
fabricate the skids based on applicable drawings, specifications, and standards listed
in the SOW and to have a facility at least in compliance with ISO [International
Organization for Standardization] 9001: 2008 Quality Management Systems. RFQ
at 6. The RFQ provided for issuance of the purchase order on the basis of the lowest
priced, technically acceptable quotation. Technical acceptability was to be
determined from an evaluation of quotations under three factors--experience in
meeting the RFQ welding standards, price, and technical assessment.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadbcl0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)