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B-406854,B-406854.2 1 (2012-09-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpat0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office ........................................................................................................................ Unsigt , Stats Gn ADOCUMENT 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. D e c is io n ........................................................................................................................ Matter of: Verizon Wireless File: B-406854; B-406854.2 Date: September 17, 2012 Paul F. Khoury, Esq., Kevin J. Maynard, Esq., Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Craig Smith, Esq., and Nooree Lee, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. John E. Cornell, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the terms of a solicitation is timely where the solicitation expressly permitted offerors to take exception to its terms, the agency did not advise the protester that it could not take exception to certain terms until after the receipt of initial quotations, and the protester challenged the disputed terms after the agency rejected these exceptions and prior to the subsequent time for the receipt of revised quotations. 2. Protest challenging the terms of a solicitation for commercial products and services contemplating the establishment of blanket purchase agreements with holders of Federal Supply Schedule contracts is sustained where the record does not show that the agency performed adequate market research to demonstrate that the terms were consistent with customary commercial practice, as required by the rules applicable to commercial item procurements set forth in the Federal Acquisition Regulation at Part 12. DECISION Verizon Wireless,' of Laurel, Maryland, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. QTA-0-12-PS-B-0006, which was issued by the General Services Administration (GSA). The protester argues that the solicitation, which was for 1 Verizon states that the protest is filed by Cellco Partnership doing business as Verizon Wireless.

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