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B-410377 1 (2014-12-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqty0001 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: Metal Works of Montana, Inc. File: B-410377 Date: December 10, 2014 Aiden Curran, Metal Works of Montana, Inc., for the protester. Antonio Robinson, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's quote and the award decision is denied where the record reflects that the agency reasonably evaluated the protester's quote, and determined the awardee's slightly higher-priced, higher technically-rated quote to be the best value. DECISION Metal Works of Montana, Inc., of Missoula, Montana, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with SNF, Inc., d/b/a BFX Fire Apparatus, of Fort Worth, Texas, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. RFQ873282, which was issued by the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, for type 6 fire apparatuses.1 Metal Works challenges the evaluation of its quote and the source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, which was issued on May 13, 2014 as a small business set-aside, sought to establish a BPA, to acquire type 6 (wild land fire engine) fire apparatuses, engine models 643P and 643U, under separate fixed-price line items for each, for a 1-year base period and three 1-year options. RFQ at 7. The procurement was conducted 1 The term fire apparatus refers to a fire engine or truck.

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