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B-410247 1 (2014-11-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqst0001 and id is 1 raw text is: f\ G A 0Comptroller General ~ty * Integrity * Rellability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Premiums & Specialties, Inc. File: B-410247 Date: November 13, 2014 Bob Perkins, for the protester. Roy E. Potter, Esq., Government Printing Office, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester's contention that the agency improperly rejected the firm's lowest-priced quotation for imprinted pens is sustained where the agency requested quotations via its procurement website, concluded that the protester submitted the lowest price, and made award to the next-higher-priced vendor when the protester did not respond within approximately one hour to a telephonic request to review and confirm its quotation. DECISION Premiums & Specialties, Inc. (P&S), of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, a small business, protests the issuance of a purchase order to KD8 Enterprises, LLC, of Centreville, Utah, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 386-162 (known as Jacket: 386-162), issued by the Government Printing Office (GPO) for 75,000 imprinted pens. P&S argues that GPO improperly issued the order to a higher-priced vendor after improperly rejecting P&S's quotation. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND GPO issued the RFQ around August 5, 2014, seeking quotations to supply 75,000 PaperMate Inkjoy retractable white/blue pens. RFQ at 1. The RFQ directed vendors (via an Internet link) to consult a specific page on KD8's website to identify the specific model of pen. Id. The RFQ specified that the pens were to be imprinted with three lines of text: the name, the Internet address, and the phone number of Military OneSource, and were to be delivered to a private firm (apparently another contractor) by August 29. The RFQ directed vendors to submit their quotations

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