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B-416691 1 (2018-11-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvge0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Girton Manufacturing Company, Inc. File: B-416691 Date: November 13, 2018 William Bruce Michael for the protester. Melissa D. McClellan, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Issuance of sole-source purchase order is unobjectionable where the agency reasonably concluded that the protester's alternative equipment failed to meet the agency's needs. DECISION Girton Manufacturing Company, Inc., of Millville, Pennsylvania, protests the issuance of a purchase order for two animal care washers to Lynx Product Group, of Wilson, New York, pursuant to Notice No. 918923, which announced the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) intent to issue the order to Lynx on a sole-source basis. The protester argues that the agency unreasonably concluded that Girton's offered equipment failed to satisfy the agency's requirements. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On June 15, 2018, the agency published on the Federal Business Opportunities website a notice announcing that it intended to issue a sole-source purchase order to Lynx Product Group for two pieces of equipment: a Lynx Model 41 0LX cage and rack washer; and a Lynx Model 340LX cage and bottle washer.' Agency Report (AR), Tab 1 The notice indicated that pursuant to the authority of 41 U.S.C. § 253(c)(1) and Federal Acquisition Regulation § 6.302-1, the agency had determined that the (continued...)

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