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B-409892.2 1 (2014-09-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqpp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: EL SG A O Comptroller General uu Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: WKF Friedman Enterprises File: B-409892.2 Date: September 25, 2014 Matthew Lyon for the protester. Katherine D. Sweat, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Kathleen A. Gilhooly, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging an agency's cancellation of a request for quotations is denied where the record reasonably supports the agency's determination that the solicitation did not accurately reflect the agency's requirements. DECISION WKF Friedman Enterprises of Clayton, California, protests the cancellation of request for quotations (RFQ) No. SPE7M4-14-T-2061, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for nonmetallic hose assemblies. The protester asserts that the agency lacked a compelling reason to cancel the solicitation after quotations had been received. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ sought quotations for 18 nonmetallic hose assemblies for helicopter refueling systems, identified by National Stock Number (NSN) 4720-01-214-009. RFQ at 4. The RFQ listed parts from Robertson Fuel Systems, L.L.C. and Eaton Corporation as approved. Id. WKF submitted a quotation for only six surplus Eaton Corporation assemblies, which the protester indicated were manufactured in September 2006. Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, WKF Quotation, at 1, 9. DLA rejected WKF's quotation, based on a calculation that the savings associated with WKF's partial-quantity quotation were not sufficient to justify procuring the parts from multiple sources. AR, Tab 3, Rejection of WKF Quotation. DLA issued a

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