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B-410173 1 (2014-11-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqsf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SG A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: The Modal Shop, Inc. File: B-410173 Date: November 7, 2014 Joseph J. Petrillo, Esq., Petrillo & Powell, PLLC, for the protester. Jonathan S. Baker, Esq., Department of Commerce, 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 Agency reasonably evaluated and rejected the protester's quotation as technically unacceptable where the protester's quotation failed to comply with a material requirement specified in the solicitation. DECISION The Modal Shop, Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio, protests the award of a contract to APS Dynamics, Inc., of San Juan Capistrano, California, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SB1341-14-RQ-1075, issued by the Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), for a primary vibration calibration system. Modal challenges the agency's evaluation and rejection of its quotation as technically unacceptable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND NIST issued the RFQ on April 10, 2014, using commercial item and simplified acquisition procedures contained in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12 (commercial items) and 13 (simplified acquisition procedures). The RFQ required vendors to provide a quotation for four contract line item numbers (CLIN). CLIN 001 called for one primary vibration calibration system which met or exceeded 14 listed elements, or demonstrated equivalent, and met or exceeded eight listed

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