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G A O Comptroller General
Accuntabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
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Decision
Matter of: Richcon Federal Contractors, Inc.
File: B-403223
Date: August 12, 2010
Richard A. Kublius, Sr., for the protester.
Azine Farzami, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency.
Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Agency properly rejected a quotation submitted by facsimile, where the solicitation
incorporated a Federal Acquisition Regulation clause which expressly prohibited
submission of quotations by facsimile.
DECISION
Richcon Federal Contractors, Inc., of Wellington, Florida, protests the rejection of its
quotation by the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, under request for
quotations (RFQ) No. R3-6-10-007 for roofing services. The protester argues that the
agency should have accepted its quotation, which was submitted by facsimile,
notwithstanding the fact that the RFP incorporated a Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR) clause that prohibited submission of quotations by this method.
We deny the protest.
The RFQ was issued on June 11, 2010, and sought quotations to replace the roof of
the Glenwood shop in the Gila National Forest, New Mexico. Section L of the RFQ
included the text of FAR § 52.252-1, which states in relevant part: This solicitation
incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force
and effect as if they were given in full text. Among the clauses incorporated by
reference was Instructions to Offerors--Competitive Acquisition, which states, as
relevant here, [u]nless other methods (eg., electronic commerce or facsimile) are
permitted in the solicitation, proposals and modifications to proposals shall be
submitted in paper media in sealed envelopes or packages ... . FAR § 52.215-
1(c)(1). The RFQ did not advise vendors that any method other than paper media
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