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B-411847 1 (2015-10-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadroo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SG A O Comptroller General ! Accountablity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Superior Cleaning Equipment, Inc. File: B-411847 Date: October 29, 2015 Greg Sprunk, Superior Cleaning Equipment, Inc., for the protester. Andrew Murch, EST Companies, LLC, for the intervenor. Barbara Amster, Esq., and Hallie L. Balkin, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly evaluated the awardee's quotation as technically acceptable is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's terms. DECISION Superior Cleaning Equipment, Inc., of San Diego, California, protests the award of a contract to EST Companies, of Tempe, Arizona, by the Department of the Navy, Naval Supply Systems Command, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. N00244- 15-T-0131 for an advanced chemical and water treatment system. Superior argues that EST's proposed solution does not meet the salient characteristics of the brand- name-or-equal RFQ. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency issued the RFQ on May 18, 2015, as a total small business set-aside, commercial items acquisition, utilizing the third-party reverse auction provider FedBid, Inc. RFQ at 1-2. Proposals were to be evaluated under two criteria on an acceptable/unacceptable basis: (1) ability to meet technical capability and (2) ability to meet the required delivery schedule. Id. at 10. Award was to be made to the responsible offeror who met these two criteria and offered the lowest price. Id. at 11. The RFQ included eight pieces of equipment, a line item for installation and

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