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B-410764 1 (2015-02-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqxt0001 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: Active Headsets, Inc. File: B-410764 Date: February 2, 2015 Thomas P. Brittain, for the protester. Terry Fisher, for Acousticom Corporation, an intervenor. Richard Ferguson, Esq., and Gail Booth, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Evan D. Wesser, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging an agency's conduct of a reverse auction is denied where the record shows that the reverse auction was conducted in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Active Headsets, Inc., of Amarillo, Texas, protests the award of a contract to Acousticom Corporation, of Elkhart, Indiana, by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. SPE7MX-14-R-0098 for microphone headsets. The protester alleges that the agency conducted the reverse auction in a manner inconsistent with the terms of the solicitation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On April 2, 2014, DLA issued the RFP seeking to establish an indefinite-quantity contract to provide stock replenishment coverage for microphone headsets designated by National Stock Number 5965-01-527-5012. See RFP at 3. The RFP contemplated that the contract would be for a 3-year term, with an additional 1-year option. Id. The agency was to evaluate proposals based on three factors: price, past performance, and proposed delivery. Id. § M, at 4. For purposes of award, the non-price factors were significantly less important than price. Id. The RFP also incorporated Defense Logistics Agency Directive (DLAD) clause 52.215-9023,

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