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B-418728 1 (2020-06-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeblt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G i 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 a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has b .een approvedfor _publ-i.crelease ........................................... Decision Matter of: Sarandrea Associates Group Corporation File: B-418728 Date: June 29, 2020 Edward J. Tolchin, Esq., Offit Kurman, P.A., for the protester. Francis P. Gainer, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Lillian I. Ofili, Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's determination that protester's quotation was technically unacceptable is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest alleging that the awardee's brand name product does not meet the salient characteristics in a brand name or equal solicitation is dismissed as untimely; any alleged inconsistency between a brand name item and the salient characteristics used to define an or equal product must be protested prior to the closing time for receipt of quotations. DECISION Sarandrea Associates Group Corporation, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Sunrise, Florida, protests the issuance of a purchase order to BWhit Infrastructure Solutions, LLC, of New York, New York, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C10X20Q0078, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for paper shredders. The protester contends that the agency's evaluation of vendors' quotations and resulting award decision were improper.1 We deny the protest. 1 Notwithstanding the terminology used by the parties, we refer to firms competing for a purchase order under an RFQ as vendors that submitted quotations in response to the solicitation.

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