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B-265863 1 (1995-12-21)

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Comptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548

Decision


Matter of: Knoll North America, Inc.

File:        B-265863

Date:        December 21, 1995

Charles F. Gaul for the protester.
Karen Davis Huber, Esq., Federal Aviation Administration, for the agency.
Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated
in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest that agency erred in calculating protester's weighted price for systems
furniture is denied where agency's application of technical score for product line
offered to accessory item prices was a reasonable interpretation of the evaluation
formula set out in the solicitation and, even assuming that the protester's contrary
interpretation also was reasonable, the record shows that the protester was not
prejudiced by the ambiguity.
DECISION

Knoll North America, Inc. protests the award of a purchase order for office
furniture to Herman Miller Furniture, Inc. under request for quotations (RFQ)
No. DTFA11-95-Q-00473, issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Knoll contends that the agency erred in calculating its weighted price, which, if
properly calculated, was lower than Herman Miller's.

We deny the protest.

The RFQ, which was issued pursuant to the procedures established under General
Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule 71, Part II, Section E,
sought quotations for 138 workstations, plus design and installation services, to
outfit the FAA's Technical Operations Center at Denver International Airport. The


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