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B-419116,B-419116.2 1 (2020-12-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeceo0001 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 Decision Matter of: Coast to Coast Computer Products, Inc. File: B-419116; B-419116.2 Date: December 18, 2020 Rick Vogel for the protester. C. Kelly Kroll, Esq., Michelle E. Litteken, Esq., and Andrew J. Mohr, Esq., Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, for OMNI Business Systems, and C. Peter Dungan, Esq., Miles & Stockbridge P.C., for ID Technologies, LLC, the intervenors. Lawrence M. Anderson, Esq. and Jeffrey Titrud, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Sarah T. Zaffina, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is denied where the agency reasonably relied on successful vendors' Trade Agreements Act (TAA) certifications and the record fails to support protester's allegation that successful vendors offered end products manufactured in a country not on the TAA-designated country list. DECISION Coast to Coast Computer Products, Inc. (CTC), of Simi Valley, California, protests the failure of the Department of the Air Force to establish a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with it under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 1400757, for digital printing and imaging (DPI) products. CTC argues that the quotations of the successful vendors should have been found unacceptable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On October 24, 2019, pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4, the Air Force issued a letter of invitation (LOI) to small businesses holding General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) 36, 70, and 75 contracts seeking quotations to establish BPAs for DPI products. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, RFQ GSA e-Buy Notice at 1-2; AR, Tab 4, LOI at 1. In addition to the BPA requirements, the LOI

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