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'         G    A    O                                                  Comptroller General
!       Accountablity * Integrity * Reliability                        of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548



          Decision


          Matter of: Kingdomware Technologies

          File:        B-407389

          Date:     December 4, 2012

          LaTonya Barton for the protester.
          Brian R. Reed, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
          Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Cancellation of request for quotations (RFQ) issued on a brand name or equal basis
          was proper where the RFQ failed to list any salient characteristics for use in
          evaluating equal products or identify a requirement that equal products be
          compatible with the brand name.
          DECISION

          Kingdomware Technologies protests the cancellation of request for quotations
          (RFQ) No. VA69D-12-Q-0244, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
          for emergency communication management software for VA's Federal Health Care
          Center (FHCC).

          We deny the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          The RFQ was initially issued as a small business set-aside for emergency
          communication management software on a brand name or equal basis under the
          Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation
          (FAR) subpart 8.4 to vendors holding FSS Information Technology Equipment
          schedule 70 contracts. The RFQ identified the Live Process Enterprise subscription
          services system as the brand name and required vendors of equal items to provide
          detailed specifications showing that the item satisfied all the salient physical,
          functional, or performance characteristics of the brand name item. The RFQ,
          however, did not identify any salient characteristics. Rather, the RFQ provided the

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