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B-414743 1 (2017-08-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtto0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Phoenix Environmental Design, Inc. File: B-414743 Date: August 30, 2017 C. Chad Gill, for the protester. Craig T. Donovan, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest alleging that the agency failed to follow the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4 in issuing a request for quotations to federal supply schedule (FSS) contract-holders is denied where the agency conducted market research and issued the solicitation in accordance with the relevant FAR provisions. 2. Protest challenging the issuance of a solicitation to both FSS 51V and 73 contract-holders is denied where the agency's market research demonstrated that each schedule included vendors that could provide the items. DECISION Phoenix Environmental Design, Inc., of Newman Lake, Washington, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. 1193852, which was issued by the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for herbicide and related products. The protester alleges that the agency violated multiple provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4 and improperly issued the solicitation to holders of General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 51V--hardware superstore contracts. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On April 5, 2017, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Mid-Columbia River National Wildlife Refuge Complex issued an internal program purchase request to the agency's contract specialist for the purchase of various herbicides and adjuvants to maintain the

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