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B-409569 1 (2014-05-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqhc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Latvian Connection General Trading and Construction, LLC File: B-409569 Date: May 8, 2014 Keven L. Barnes, Latvian Connection, LLC, for the protester. Scott N. Flesch, Esq., Capt. Anthony F. Schiavetti, Department of the Army, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency failed to provide a restricted access electronic bid box for the submission of quotations is denied where procurement is not being conducted using FAR part 14 sealed bid procedures. DECISION Latvian Connection General Trading and Construction, LLC, of Kuwait City, Kuwait, protests the Department of the Army's issuance of request for quotations (RFQ) No. W912PB-14-T-3058, for unmanned aerial vehicle runway materials, including gravel and geotextile for use at the Adzai Military Training Center near Riga, Latvia. We deny the protest. The RFQ was issued by the Army Expeditionary Contracting Command in Grafenwoehr, Germany on March 3, 2014, using commercial item and simplified acquisition procedures contained in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 12 (commercial items) and 13 (simplified acquisition procedures). Agency Report at 2. Quotations were due on March 26. The solicitation provided that quotations could be submitted via facsimile transmission, hand delivery, or e-mail to the contracting specialist identified in the solicitation. RFQ at 3. Latvian protests that the agency has not established a restricted access electronic bid box in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 14.401 to receive bids.

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