About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-409528.7,B-409528.11,B-409528.14,B-409528.18 1 (2014-06-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqio0001 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: American Toner & Ink; KPaul Properties, LLC; Dolphin Blue, Inc.; Capital Shredder Corp. File: B-409528.7; B-409528.11 ; B-409528.14; B-409528.18 Date: June 9, 2014 Jeremy Meyer, American Toner & Ink; Kevin Paul, KPaul Properties, LLC; Thomas Kemper, Dolphin Blue, Inc.; and Harlan K. Jones and Greg DiGioia, Capital Shredder Corp., for the protesters. Kristen M. Nowadly, Esq., General Services Administration; and Laura Mann Eyester, Esq., and John W. Klein, Esq., U.S. Small Business Administration, for the agencies. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that a procurement for government-wide provision of office supply items improperly consolidated smaller contracts is denied, where, consistent with the relevant statutory requirements, the agency reasonably considered the potential impact on small businesses, and concluded that the consolidation would result in substantial benefits to the government. DECISION American Toner & Ink, of Spring Lake, Minnesota; KPaul Properties, LLC, of Indianapolis, Indiana; Dolphin Blue, Inc., of Dallas, Texas; and Capital Shredder Corp., of Rockville, Maryland, protest the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. GSQ02-14-R-SA0001, which was issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for a full range of office supply items that will be available for order by participating federal agencies. The protesters, which are all small businesses, argue that the solicitation consolidates numerous existing contracts for office supply items into a smaller pool of multiple-award contracts, and that the agency failed to comply with a statutory requirement to consider the consolidation's potential economic effect on small businesses. We deny the protests.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most