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B-283177 1 (1999-10-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajln0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa __Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: GSA, Inc. File: B-283177 Date: October 18, 1999 Samuel D. Kerr, Esq., Banks, Johnson, Colbath & Kerr, for the protester. L. Benjamin Young, Jr., Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-Mc Grail, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably determined that higher-pric ed quo tatio n represented better value to the government than lower-priced one where vendor quoting higher price had extensive experience manufacturing the item sought, whereas the lower-priced vendor had none. DECISION GSA, Inc. protests the issuance of a purchase order to Architectural Wood Institute (AWI) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. R1-16-99-900Q, issued by the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, for fuel moisture sticks. The Forest Service uses the sticks in determining forest fire control ratings. GSA contends that it should have received the purchase order because its quotation was lower in price than AWFs. We deny the protest. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12.6 (Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation of Commercial Items), the Forest Service posted notice of a combined synopsis/solicitation for the fuel moisture sticks on the Commerce Business Daily Online (CBDNet) on May 21, 1999. The notice set forth detailed technical specifications for the sticks, which consist of four wooden dowels (kiln-dried to a uniform moisture content of 15 percent or less) attached to two hardwood pins. Prices were sought for an estimated quantity of 3,000 sets of sticks per year for each of 3 years. The notice instructed vendors to submit pricing for all 3 years along with a description of sets furnished, experience and quality control in this type of work and names of references for past performance history. Agency

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