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B-406639 1 (2012-06-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadown0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SG A O Comptroller General ,7Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: CHE Consulting, Inc. File: B-406639 Date: June 28, 2012 Steven E. Kellogg, Esq., The Kellogg Law Firm, P.C., for the protester. Mark Langstein, Esq., Department of Commerce, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, 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 an ambiguity relating to the period of performance. DECISION CHE Consulting, Inc., of Fenton, Missouri, protests the rejection of its quote under request for quotes (RFQ) No. RFQ661324, issued by the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for computer maintenance services. CHE asserts that the agency unreasonably found that its quotation contained an ambiguity which rendered it unacceptable. We deny the protest. The RFQ, issued on March 27, 2012, contemplated the issuance of a fixed-price task order for a 1-year period of performance under the successful firm's General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule contract. The solicitation specified a period of performance from April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013. RFQ clause XI. In response to the RFQ, NOAA received eight quotes by the March 30 deadline and CHE submitted the lowest price. The agency rejected CHE's quote because the agency concluded that CHE's quote appeared ambiguous with regard to the solicitation's period of performance. Specifically, the CHE quote included the following language:

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