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B-417294 1 (2019-03-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvrq0001 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 Decision Matter of: Rex Systems, Inc. File: B-417294 Date: March 22, 2019 Julie M. Nichols, Esq., Roeder, Cochran, Phillips, PLLC, for the protester. Christine T. Roark, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Alexander 0. Levine, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the issuance of a purchase order to a vendor based on its quotation of unused former government surplus property is dismissed where the solicitation permitted the quotation of such property. DECISION Rex Systems, Inc., of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, protests the issuance of a purchase order to White Aero, Inc., of Santa Clarita, California, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SPE7M5-18-T-08X2, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for the provision of three radio frequency coils. The protester contends that the agency erred in issuing the purchase order, because White's quotation was based on providing surplus equipment, and the solicitation did not permit vendors to quote such equipment. We dismiss the protest. BACKGROUND On September 21, 2018, DLA issued the RFQ as an automated solicitation on DLA's Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS). The solicitation sought quotations to provide three radio frequency coils, a part identified with a national stock number of 5950008633043. The RFQ listed Rex as an approved source, noting its commercial and government entity (CAGE) code and its part number for the radio frequency coil being sought. RFQ at 4. The solicitation incorporated by reference the DLA Master Solicitation for Automated Simplified Acquisitions (Master Solicitation). Id. at 1. Section 3(a)(1)(iv) of part I of the

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