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B-270124 1 (1996-02-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadwq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Imaging Technology Corporation File: B-270124 Date: February 12, 1996 Larry Loughrey and Robert F. Rayle for the protester. Susan Bernstein, Esq., Federal Emergency Management Agency, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Under request for quotations (RFQ), which sought prices for items listed on Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) and did not request submission with quotations of information demonstrating compliance with the technical requirements set out in the RFQ, rejection of lowest-priced quotation from FSS contractor without consideration of its technical acceptability was improper. DECISION Imaging Technology Corporation (ITC) protests the award of a purchase order for computerized badging systems to Network Engineering Inc. (NEI) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. EMQ-5-4442/R, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The protester contends that the order should have been placed with it since its quotation was lower in price than NEI's. We sustain the protest. The RFQ, which was issued on September 14, 1995, sought quotations for 15 computerized photographic identification card systems. The solicitation defined 32 features and capabilities required of the systems. The RFQ advised that all items were to be quoted off a current GSA schedule (although non-schedule items were permitted if they could be ordered together with the scheduled buy or totaled less than $25,000), with award to be made to the lowest-priced schedule vendor, including the value of non-schedule items. Vendors were instructed to furnish the number of the schedule from which, and to designate the items on which, they were quoting, and to provide price information. The RFQ did not require the submission of descriptive literature or a narrative describing how a vendor's proposed system would meet the RFQ's requirements. Four quotations were received by the September 20 closing date. ITC's quotation contained only the information specifically requested by the RFQ, i.e., unit and total 44827

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