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        G     A    O                                                 Comptroller General
      Accountability * Integrity * Reliability            of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548



         Decision


         Matter of: American Material Handling, Inc.

         File:       B-410899

         Date:       March 12, 2015

         Wes McCleary for the protester.
         Matthew Myers, Esq., International Boundary and Water Commission, for the
         agency.
         Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         Protest that agency unreasonably evaluated protester's quotation as technically
         unacceptable is denied, where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with
         the terms of the solicitation, and the communications with the protester were
         clarifications, not discussions, which could not correct material deficiencies in its
         quotation.
         DECISION

         American Material Handling, Inc. (AMH), of Watkinsville, Georgia, protests the
         International Boundary and Water Commission's (IBWC) award of a contract to
         Federal Contracts Corporation, of Tampa, Florida, under request for quotations
         (RFQ) No. 936886, for an excavator. The protester challenges the agency's
         evaluation of its quotation as unacceptable.

         We deny the protest.

         BACKGROUND

         On September 27, 2014, the agency issued the solicitation, set aside for small
         businesses, using simplified acquisition procedures. Agency Email, Feb. 25, 2015;
         Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, RFQ; see Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
         Subpart 13.5. The RFQ sought quotations for the award of a contract for
         one excavator, brand name or equal to Caterpillar 320EL or John Deere 21 OGLC, to
         the vendor submitting the lowest-priced, technically acceptable quotation. An
         attached specifications sheet contained salient characteristics and solicitation

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