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B-274785 1 (1997-01-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafri0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: National Office Systems, Inc. File: B-274785 Date: January 6, 1997 Dan Harbison for the protester. David W. Craig for Spacesaver Systems, Inc., an intervenor. Dennis J. Gallagher, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Under regulations governing Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) use, procuring agency met its responsibility to select the best value items at the lowest overall price after reviewing the General Services Administration's automated pricing and product information system and reasonably determining that the selected FSS contractor's product meets the agency's needs. DECISION National Office Systems, Inc. (NOS) protests the issuance of delivery order No. S-FBOAD-96-F-0246 to Spacesaver Systems, Inc. by the Department of State for high density filing systems to be installed at the State Department Annex. The delivery order was placed under Spacesaver's Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract No. GS-28F-1003C, for a total price of $173,399.67. NOS, an authorized dealer for White Systems, Inc. (the schedule contractor), alleges that the agency failed to solicit a quotation from the firm, thereby depriving it of an opportunity to compete. NOS also alleges that the agency's best value determination was flawed as it was based on an inaccurate assessment of NOS's product line and past performance. We deny the protest. The procurement was initiated in July 1996 when a purchase request for the filing systems was placed with the agency's General Acquisition Division. The agency used the Spacesaver specifications to define its requirements and the contracting officer orally solicited price quotations from Spacesaver and NOS. Since NOS was the authorized dealer for the White product line, NOS indicated that it could only submit a price quote if the specifications were not specific to the Spacesaver brand 12716

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