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B-412794 1 (2016-06-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsgk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General V f Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Protein Sciences Corporation File: B-412794 Date: June 2, 2016 Wayne Hachey, for the protester. Robert Bailey, Jr., Esq., and Jared P. Weissberger, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Young H. Cho, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging solicitation requirements for pre-filled syringes as unduly restrictive is denied where the record supports the agency's position that the requirement is reasonably necessary to meet the agency's needs. DECISION Protein Sciences Corporation (PSC) of Meriden, Connecticut, challenges the terms of request for proposal (RFP) No. SPE2DP-16-R-0004, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for influenza virus vaccines. PSC argues that the agency's requirement for pre-filled syringes is unduly restrictive of competition. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on February 17, 2016, under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12, contemplated the award of a single, fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract. RFP at 1, 32.1 The solicitation contained seven contract line item numbers (CLINs) seeking an estimated total of 2,600,000 doses of a trivalent or quadrivalent influenza virus vaccine in multi-dose vials and single-dose pre-filled syringes. Id. 1 The solicitation was amended two times. All citations to the RFP are to the final version, as amended.

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