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B-403435 1 (2010-11-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadboy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: NCS Technologies, Inc. File: B-403435 Date: November 8, 2010 Thomas K. David, Esq., and Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., David, Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for the protester. Diane Foose, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Solicitation requirements that computers and monitors be from the same manufacturer and use Intel-based microprocessors is overly restrictive where the agency fails to demonstrate a reasonable basis for the requirements. DECISION NCS Technologies, Inc., of Gainesville, Virginia, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSCETE-10-Q-00314, issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for computer hardware. NCS challenges several solicitation provisions as unduly restrictive. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ was issued to DHS's First Source contract holders and several small vendors on the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 70,' and provided for establishing a blanket purchase agreement with a five-year 1DHS's First Source program consists of multiple, task order contracts for information technology commodities and supplies. Although the RFQ was provided to First Source contract holders, the blanket purchase agreement would only be issued to a vendor under its FSS 70 contract. RFQ at 56.

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