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Decision
Matter of: TechStart, LLC
File: B-403515
Date: November 10, 2010
Luis Morales for the protester.
Kevin L. Pearson, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Eric M. Ransom, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest is denied where the record shows that contracting agency reasonably
determined that protester's quotation was unacceptable due to ambiguity in several
material terms.
DECISION
TechStart, LLC, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, protests the award of a contract to
ITA International, LLC, of Yorktown, Virginia, by the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA-246-10-RQ-0510, for emergency call
boxes.
We deny the protest.
The VA issued the RFQ as a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items on
June 29, 2010, for the procurement of 17 Call24 emergency call boxes or equivalent,
and installation at the VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia. In addition to the
emergency call boxes, the RFQ required offerors to provide several accessories,
including STROBE AND BLUESTAR LOCATOR LIGHT ASSEMBL[IES] for each
call box. RFQ at 2. The RFQ also stated that quotations were to be submitted as
FOB Destination.
Only TechStart and ITA submitted quotations in response to the RFQ. ITA's
quotation specified Call24 emergency call boxes, while TechStart's quotation
specified IPCallCo call box systems as an equivalent. TechStart's quotation offered
the lower price.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadboc0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)