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B-282698 1 (1999-07-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajkl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa E Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: ElementarAmericas, hie. File: B-282698 Date: July 16, 1999 Scott Hughes for the protester. Thomas A. Darner, Esq., Environmental Protection Agency, 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 Agency reasonably determined protester's quotation was technically unacceptable where solicitation required submission of descriptive literature to establish that offered equipment met the performance specifications, and protester submitted only general technical information that did not show that all requirements were met. DECISION Elementar Americas, Inc. protests the issuance of a purchase order to Perkin Elmer under request for quotations (RFQ) No. OH-99-00114, issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an elemental analyzer system to be used at the agency's National Risk Management Research Laboratory in Cincinnati, Ohio. The protester contends that it quoted a lower price than Perkin Elmer and, therefore, that EPA should have issued the purchase order to Elementar. We deny the protest. A combined synopsis/solicitation using simplified acquisition procedures was posted on the electronic version of the Commerce Business Daily Internet web site on March 30, 1999, to obtain a commercial elemental analyzer system with related equipment including an autobalance, data storage device, and printer. Agency Report, Tab A; Legal Memorandum at 1. The RFQ identified 12 minimum performance specifications and requirements, and required vendors to provide descriptive literature in sufficient detail to demonstrate that the offered equipment meets those stated requirements. Id. at 2. At issue here is the performance

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