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DECISION W/ OF: THE UNITED 61-
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FILE: B-191331 DATE: June 2, 1978
MATTER OF: Umpqua Research Company
DIGEST:
1. Contention that evaluation factors in small purchaie
favored certain firm because low priced quotation
would not necessarily receive award is untimely be-
cause not raised before quotations were received
under either initial so]icitation or resolicitation
of requirement. In any event, agency may make award
where price alone is not controlling but is one of
several factors evaluated.
2. Record does not indicate that agency determination
to award more points under evaluation factors for
academic background and facilities to firm other
than protester was improper.
Umpqua Research Company (Umpqua) protests the
issuance of a purchase order to Brigham Young Univer-
sity (BYU) under Request for Quotations (RFQ) RQ-150-
78-113-B issued oi February 28, 1978, by the Bureau
of Reclamation, Ctntral Utah Projects Office (Bureau).
The procurement was conducted pursuant to the small
purchase procedures set forth at Subpart 1-3.6 of the
Federal Procurement Regulations (Amendment 153, Septem-
ber 1975). The RFQ solicited quotations for providing
analysis of water samples containing macroinvertebrates.
Initially. Umpqua protested the issuanca of a pur-
chase order in the amount of $6,394 to BYU for the
sampling services. Umpqu, along with 14 other fir ns,
responded to RFQ RQ-150-78-113 which provided that
quotations would be evaluated in accordance with the
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