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B-406146 1 (2012-02-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadopb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I QA 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. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: California Industrial Facilities Resources, Inc., d/b/a CAMSS Shelters File: B-406146 Date: February 22, 2012 Paul F. Khoury, Esq., Tracye Winfrey Howard, Esq., and Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. John P. Patkus, Esq., R. Zenjiro Schaper, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that request for quotations impermissibly solicits equipment that is beyond the scope of several underlying indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts is denied where record shows that equipment to be purchased is within the scope of the underlying contracts. DECISION California Industrial Facilities Resources, Inc., d/b/a/ CAMSS Shelters (CAMSS) protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. 20111110008607, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to acquire a quantity of environmental control units (ECUs). CAMSS asserts that the RFQ is soliciting a requirement that is beyond the scope of the underlying multiple award indefinite-delivery, indefinite- quantity (ID/IQ) contracts under which the RFQ was issued. We deny the protest. The solicitation calls for the supply of 496 ECUs, which are climate control units that are used in connection with tents and temporary structures to be deployed in Afghanistan. As explained by the agency, the ECUs being acquired here will be included in force provider units, which are deployable modular systems for housing, food service, laundry, water, fuel storage, waste water collection, and showers and latrines. Agency Report (AR), exh. 19. Each force provider unit requires 56 ECUs to make the system fully operational; when deployed, the force provider units provide shelter for 600 military personnel. Id.

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