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B-270483 1 (1996-03-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadyy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Design Contempo, Inc. File: B-270483 Date: March 12, 1996 Robert E. Gregg, Esq., Hazel & Thomas, for the protester. Robert E. Young, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Under Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) purchase, agency met its responsibility to select the best value item at the lowest overall cost by issuing a request for quotations to gather additional information on competing products, comparing features of protester's offered items with those of another FSS vendor, and selecting that vendor after reasonably determining that protester's items did not possess certain required special features. DECISION Design Contempo, Inc. (DCI) protests the issuance of a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) delivery order to Furniture by Thurston based upon its response to request for quotations (RFQ) No. N62604-95-T-D943, issued by the Department of the Navy for dormitory furniture. DCI contends that the agency improperly determined that DCI's proposed items were not equal to Thurston's. We deny the protest. The Navy requires various items of bedroom furniture for bachelor enlisted quarters (BEQ) at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia. Prior to issuing any RFQ, the Navy contracted with an interior design firm, Hanbury, Evans, Newhill, Vlattas & Company (HENV), to develop an interior design for the BEQ rooms based on Navy requirements. These requirements included items with extensive detailing, generally found on higher-priced furniture, to improve the quality of life in the BEQs. In selecting furniture, HENV initially compared furniture and pricing for six FSS vendors, including Thurston and DCI. HENV sent all six an RFQ with written specifications at the end of May. After reviewing the vendors' submissions, HENV concluded that Thurston's furniture represented the best value, since its furniture met the most agency requirements at the lowest cost under the FSS. Based upon HENV's recommendation, the contracting officer prepared to issue a delivery order 839312

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