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B-407989,B-407989.2 1 (2013-05-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadptu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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 Decision public release. Matter of: Teknion LLC File: B-407989; B-407989.2 Date: May 8, 2013 Michael A. Hordell, Esq., Michael R. Golden, Esq., Heather K. Weiner, Esq., and Samuel W. Jack, Esq., Pepper Hamilton LLP, for the protester. Marcia G. Madsen, Esq., Polly Myers, Esq., and David Dowd, Esq., Mayer Brown LLP, for the intervenor. Kathleen K. Barksdale, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Cherie J. Owen, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably determined that vendor's quotation was technically unacceptable where it failed to comply with a mandatory solicitation requirement. DECISION Teknion LLC, of Mount Laurel, New Jersey, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Kimball International, Inc., of Jasper, Indiana, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 31130007, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) to supply benching style workstations for FBI offices nationwide. Teknion contends that the agency's evaluation of the firm's quote was flawed and that the awardee's quote was ineligible for award. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency issued the RFQ via the GSA eBuy system on October 31, 2012, under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4, to vendors holding GSA Federal Supply Schdule (FSS) contracts. RFQ at 1. The RFQ informed vendors that the agency planned to establish a BPA with a 1-year base period and three 1-year options. Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, Statement of Work, at 20. Vendors were informed that a BPA would be established on a best-value basis, considering the technical quote and price quote. RFQ at 2. The RFQ advised that technical quotes

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