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B-409030.2 1 (2014-09-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadram0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller General ity * Integrity * Rellability of the United States 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. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: Hanel Storage Systems, L.P. File: B-409030.2 Date: September 15, 2014 Ron R. Hutchinson, Esq., Doyle & Bachman LLP, for the protester. Kevin P. Joyce, Esq., James S. Phillips, Esq., and Eric S. Crusius, Esq., Centre Law Group, LLC, for Kardex Remstar, LLC, the intervenor. Lisa C. House, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's acceptance of a quotation that failed to conform to a material solicitation requirement is unreasonable; a technically unacceptable quotation may not form the basis for award. DECISION Hanel Storage Systems, L.P., of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, protests the issuance of a purchase order to Kardex Remstar, LLC, of Westbrook, Maine, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA256-13-Q-1665, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for vertical storage units. Hanel contends that Kardex's quotation failed to satisfy a material solicitation requirement. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND This procurement is for various types of vertical storage units for the Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and was the subject of a prior decision by our Office. See Kardex Remstar, LLC, B-409030, Jan. 17, 2014, 2014 CPD T 1. In that decision, we sustained a protest filed by Kardex challenging the VA's original decision to issue the purchase order to Hanel, because the VA conducted discussions with Kardex that were unfair and not meaningful. Id. at 4-5.

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