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 G             A   O                                                  Comptroller General
       Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                       of the United States
 United States Government Accountability Office
 Washington, DC 20548
                                                      DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                                    The decision issued on the date below was subject to
          Decision                                  a GAO Protective Order. This version has been
                                                    approved for public release.


          Matter of:  Core Systems

          File:       B-411060

          Date:       April 30, 2015

          Jorge I. Hernandez, Esq., Law Offices of Jorge I. Hernandez, for the protester.
          Brendan F. Ward, Esq., Scott E. Miller, Esq., and Ana F. Smith, Esq., Department of
          the Navy, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, for the agency.
          Brent Burris, Esq., and Jennifer Westfall McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
          Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest that agency improperly restricted competition to specific brand and model of
          computer server is denied where agency reasonably determined that no other
          product could undergo required testing and approval process in sufficient time to
          meet agency's needs.
          DECISION

          Core Systems, of Poway, California, protests the terms of request for quotations
          (RFQ) No. N66001-15-T-7320, issued by the Department of the Navy, Space and
          Naval Warfare Systems Command for ruggedized computer servers manufactured
          by Crystal Group, Inc., of Hiawatha, Iowa. The protester argues that the RFQ's
          brand-name requirement improperly restricts competition.

          We deny the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          The RFQ, issued on January 13, 2015 as a small business set-aside, sought 45
          Crystal model RS265G servers and 20 Crystal model RS375T servers for use in
          Navy submarines, with delivery to be made within 6-8 weeks of award.' RFQ at

          1 On September 17, 2014, the Navy issued a solicitation for the same brand-name
          requirement at issue here, which Core protested. Agency Legal Memorandum at 4.
          As a result of that protest, the agency cancelled the solicitation, prepared a revised
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