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B-404047,B-404047.2 1 (2010-12-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoxj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i G A 0Comptroller General .i 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-- Decision Matter of: NCS Technologies, Inc. File: B-404047; B-404047.2 Date: December 8, 2010 Thomas K. David, Esq., and Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., David, Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for the protester. Marvin K. Gibbs, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest alleging that the awardee misrepresented its authority to propose the product of a specific vendor is denied where the record shows that the awardee proposed its own equipment which was reasonably evaluated by the agency as meeting the stated requirements. DECISION NCS Technologies, Inc. (NCST), of Gainesville, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Advance Military Technology, Inc. (AMT), of Lake Oswego, Oregon under request for quotations (RFQ) No. FA4890-10-R-5000, issued by the Department of the Air Force for fully rugged notebook convertible tablet personal computers. The protester alleges that the awardee misrepresented its ability to supply equipment manufactured by Getac, Inc. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ was issued on July 15, 2010 as a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6. The RFQ, issued as a total small business set-aside, required vendors to provide fully rugged notebook personal computers (along with related supplies and services) and listed minimum requirements for those items. Although the RFQ required that vendors' quotations satisfy all the listed salient characteristics for the laptop computers, RFQ at 15, the RFQ did not require vendors

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