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United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to
a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
been approved for public release.
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Decision
Matter of: Salient Federal Solutions, Inc.
File: B-410174
Date: November 6, 2014
Karen R. Harbaugh, Esq., Robert E. Gregg, Esq., and Erik M. Dullea, Esq., Squire
Patton Boggs-US, LLP, for the protester.
Shantay N. Clarke, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency.
Frank Maguire, Esq., and Cherie J. Owen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Solicitation provided sufficient detailed information to allow offerors to compete
intelligently and on a relatively equal basis where it clearly indicated that the
agency's requirements were subject to change but provided sufficient information on
which offerors could base their quotations.
DECISION
Salient Federal Solutions, Inc. (Salient), protests the terms of request for quotations
(RFQ) No. SP4701-14-Q-01 12, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for
vendor support for its Subsistence Total Order and Receipt Electronic System
(STORES). Salient protests that the RFQ does not adequately set forth the
agency's requirements.
We deny the protest.
The RFQ, issued on July 1, 2014, under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Part 8.4, Federal Supply Schedules (FSS), sought quotations from vendors holding
FSS contracts for General Purpose Commercial Information Technology Equipment,
Software and Services (IT), Federal Supply Class 70, Special Item Number 132-51.
RFQ at 4. The RFQ contemplated issuance of a fixed-price task order for one base
year and two one-year option periods. Id. The government estimates the value of
this procurement as approximately [deleted]. STORES is a catalog, order, and
receipt interface for food and related items used to provide food to about 550
worldwide locations. Id. The acquisition will provide vendor support for DLA to
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