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B-405192.2 1 (2011-10-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadohr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L G A 0 Comptroller General . L ,Accountabii1ty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: NCS Technologies, Inc. File: B-405192.2 Date: October 27, 2011 Thomas K. David, Esq., David, Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for the protester. Dennis Adelson, Esq., Department of Labor, for the agency. Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that price evaluation improperly included a consideration of life cycle costs is denied where the agency retains the discretion to consider these costs. DECISION NCS Technologies, Inc., of Gainsville, Virginia, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. DOL111RQ21260 issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) for desktop and laptop computers and peripheral equipment. The protester alleges that the agency improperly included the consideration of life cycle costs' (LCCs) in its price evaluation. We deny the protest. The solicitation at issue was posted to the General Services Administration's (GSA's) E-Buy System and was open to all Schedule 70, information technology (IT), GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract holders. As originally issued, DOL sought quotations for the award of a blanket purchase agreement to supply Dell desktop and laptop computers, and other peripheral equipment. The RFQ provided that the BPA will have a 1-year base period and four 1-year options. Award was to be made to the firm with a technically acceptable quotation at the lowest evaluated price. 1 The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) defines LCCs as the total cost to the Government of acquiring, operating, supporting, and (if applicable) disposing of items being acquired. FAR § 7.101.

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