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B-277540 1 (1997-10-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagcq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Comspace Corporation File: B-277540 Date: October 24, 1997 Irving Becker for the protester. Ronald M. Pettit, Esq., and Jeffery Greer, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency lost and therefore failed to consider an allegedly low-priced quote submitted by telefacsimile is denied where it is not certain that the quote was ever received by the agency and there is no evidence of any repeated mishandling by the agency of telefacsimile quotes. DECISION Comspace Corporation protests the issuance of a purchase order to Zeus Electronics under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SP0960-97-Q-1828, issued by the Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for certain digital microcircuits. The protester contends that it submitted a lower-priced quote than Zeus and, therefore, that DLA should have issued the purchase order to Comspace. We deny the protest. The RFQ was issued by DLA under simplified acquisition procedures using the Defense Supply Center, Columbus (DSCC) electronic bulletin board (EBB) to solicit and receive quotes. The EBB is available to any vendor which has access to a computer, possesses a valid Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code (which it receives after registering with the agency), and has an active password. Vendors can submit quotes in response to RFQs issued by DLA under these automated procedures via the EBB or the Internet, or by telefacsimile (fax) transmission. The RFQ at issue, which was posted on the EBB on June 12, 1997, stated that the agency required 193 designated digital microcircuits for use in various aircraft and called for quotations to be furnished by the close of business on June 26. On June 18, the protester telephoned the agency and requested that the contract specialist send the firm a hard copy of the RFQ. On that same date, the contract

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