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B-416893,B-416893.2,B-416893.3,B-416893.4 1 (2018-12-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvjt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States ....................................................................................................................... DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: BeaverFit North America, LLC File: B-416893; B-416893.2; B-416893.3; B-416893.4 Date: December 27, 2018 Grant B. Schweikert, Esq., and Gregory H. Petkoff, Esq., Jenner & Block LLP, for the protester. David T. Ralston, Jr., Esq., Frank S. Murray, Esq., Micah T. Zomer, Esq., and Krista A. Nunez, Esq., Foley & Lardner LLP, for Mobile Fitness Equipment, Inc., the intervenor. Lieutenant Colonel Robert B. Nelson, Department of the Army, for the agency. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Scott H. Riback, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the protester's quotation as technically unacceptable is denied where the protester's quotation did not contain technical descriptions of proposed fitness equipment as required by the solicitation. DECISION BeaverFit North America, LLC (BeaverFit), of Reno, Nevada, protests the award of a contract to Mobile Fitness Equipment, Inc. (MFE), of Braintree, Massachusetts, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. W9124718R0020, issued by the Department of the Army, Mission Installation Contracting Command, for shipping container gyms. BeaverFit alleges that the agency unreasonably evaluated quotations and made an unreasonable source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued on August 6, 2018, contemplates the award of a fixed-price contract for 128 shipping container gyms complete with various articles of fitness equipment. RFQ at 3. Award was to be made to the firm submitting the quotation representing the best value to the agency, considering price and technical capability factors. Id. at 7. When evaluating technical capability, the RFQ provided that the agency would evaluate each quotation's delivery schedule, equipment list, and load plan. Id. at 7-8.

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