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B-407045 1 (2012-09-21)

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   AL     G    A    O0                                                 Comptroller General
on   o  Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                        of the United States
  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548



           Decision


           Matter of:  Great Journey West, LLC

           File:       B-407045

           Date:       September 21, 2012

           Joseph P. McDonnell for the protester.
           David G. Fagan, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
           Jonathan M. Kucskar, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General
           Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
           DIGEST

           Protest challenging an agency's issuance of an order under a brand name or equal
           procurement is denied, where the protestor's quotation of an equal product failed to
           meet a salient characteristic of the solicitation.
           DECISION

           Great Journey West, LLC (GJW), of Spokane, Washington, protests the issuance of
           an order to Integrated Interiors International, Inc., of Los Angeles, California, under
           request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA-260-12-Q-1195, issued by the Department of
           Veterans Affairs (VA) for office chairs.

           We deny the protest.

           BACKGROUND

           The RFQ, issued as a small business set-aside under Federal Acquisition
           Regulation (FAR) Subpart 8.4, sought quotations for 240 office chairs for the
           Memorial VA Medical Center in Walla Walla, Washington, on a brand name or equal
           basis. RFQ at 4, 10. The solicitation provided for the issuance of the task order to
           the vendor submitting the lowest-priced, technically acceptable quotation.

           The solicitation identified Hon 3516 chairs as the brand name item and listed
           several salient characteristics for the chairs, including: arms and sled base,
           dimensions of 28-1/4 width, 27 depth, and 35 height, and weight capacity of

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