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oComptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548
Decision
Matter of: Pacific Photocopy and Research Services
File: B-278698; B-278698.3
Date: March 4, 1998
Bernard Dane Stein, Esq., for the protester.
Harry D. Lewis, Esq., for Judicial Research and Retrieval Services, Inc., the
interveno r.
Roberta M. Echard, Esq., Administrative Office of the United States Courts, for the
agency.
John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Agency reasonably determined that the prior experience and past performance of
the awardee of two license agreements for photocopying services were acceptable,
and, consistent with the solicitations' evaluation criteria, made award based on the
awardees' low prices.
DECISION
Pacific Photocopy and Research Services protests the award of two license
agreements to Judicial Research and Retrieval Services, Inc., under requests for
quotations (RFQ) issued by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts
for off-site copy centers.
We deny the protests in part and dismiss them in part.
The two RFQs provided for the award of 2-year, revocable, non-exclusive license
agreements for providing off-site copy services to the public in Fort Lauderdale and
West Palm Beach, Florida. The RFQs required, among other things, that vendors
have certain specified equipment, and set forth estimated quantities of services to
be performed during each year of the agreements. The RFQs stated that the
license agreement[s] will be awarded to the responsible vendor who offers the
lowest price and is deemed acceptable in the areas of experience and prior
performance. To facilitate this evaluation, the RFQs required that each vendor
provide three references for whom the vendor has provided similar services, and](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptahpu0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)