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B-283804.2 1 (2000-01-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptakyj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa E 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: ViON Corporation File: B-283804.2 Date: January 24, 2000 David R. Hazelton, Esq., and Ross M. Guberman. Esq., Latham & Watkins, for the protester. Jay P. Urwitz., Esq., Barry J. Hurewitz, Esq., and Karen Lowy Tinsky, Esq., Hale & Dorr, for EMC Corporation, an intervenor. Lisa J. Obayashi, Esq., Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency improperly issued federal supply schedule delivery order to other than the lowest overall cost alternative vendor is denied where record shows that, in fact, award was made to the low-cost vendor; protester's assertions regarding evaluation of quoted prices are simply incorrect. 2. Agency's obtaining information from one vendor concerning purchase from Federal Supply Schedule without seeking similar information from other vendors was unobjectionable; such information-gathering efforts need not be equal among vendors. DECISION ViON Corporation protests the issuance of a delivery order by the Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), to EMC Corporation under federal supply schedule (FSS) contract No. GS-35F-5177H, for a quantity of data storage devices. ViON asserts that PTO violated various procurement statutes and regulations. We deny the protest.

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