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B-416896 1 (2019-01-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvnf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G&O 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: The Lioce Group File: B-416896 Date: January 7, 2019 Jerome S. Gabig, Esq., Wilmer & Lee, PA, for the protester. Barry F. Smith, Esq., National Labor Relations Board, for the agency. Evan C. Williams, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency misevaluated protester's quotation is sustained where the agency improperly found the protester's quotation technically unacceptable based upon an unreasonable interpretation of the solicitation. DECISION The Lioce Group (Lioce), a small business, of Huntsville, Alabama, protests the issuance of a task order to Xerox Corporation (Xerox) of Washington, D.C., under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 1285287, which was issued by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for the lease and maintenance of copier devices. The protester challenges the agency's determination that its quotation was technically unacceptable, contending the agency's evaluation was unreasonable and inconsistent with the terms of the RFQ. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND On May 3, 2018, the agency posted the RFQ on the General Services Administration's (GSA) e-Buy system, to vendors holding special item number (SIN), 51 58A, operating lease plan for copiers, under GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) No. 36-office, imaging and document solutions. Contracting Officer Statement (COS) at 3; RFQ at 1, 13. The RFQ, issued pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 8.405-2, contemplated the issuance of a fixed-price task order for the lease and

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