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B-284550.2 1 (2000-08-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalaq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa __Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: SMS Systems Maintenance Services, Inc. File: B-284550.2 Date: August 4, 2000 Leonard Walsh for the protester. John J. Pavlick, Jr., Esq., and Rebecca E. Pearson, Esq., Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, for Compaq Computer Corporation, an intervenor. Randy W. Thomas, Esq., Department of the Treasury, and Roger D. Waldron, Esq., and Thedlus L. Thompson, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agencies. Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester's quote of services, some of which were not contained in its Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract, could not be selected for award in an acquisition conducted under the FSS program, where the total price of the services not included in its FSS contract, considering both the base and option periods, exceeded the micro -purchase threshold. DECISION SMS Systems Maintenance Services, Inc. protests the award of an order to Compaq Computer Corporation under its Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract, pursuant to a request for quotations (RFQ) issued by the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Department of the Treasury, for computer hardware maintenance and disaster services for a 9-month base period with two 1-year option periods. SMS complains that OTS improperly failed to select SMS's lower quote to receive an order. We deny the protest. OTS requested quotations from SMS and Compaq, the only two FSS vendors listed on the applicable schedule, for 110 contract line items, including maintenance of a

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