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B-296371.2 1 (2005-07-13)

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A         G    A O                                                    Comptroller General
.       Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                       of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548



          Decision


          Matter of: Metro Business Systems, LLC

          File:        B-296371.2

          Date:        July 13, 2005

          Jerry Allen for the protester.
          Andrea S. Grill, Esq., Corporation for National & Community Service, and Thedlus L.
          Thompson, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agencies.
          Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
          Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Agency that purchases copiers using Federal Supply Schedule procedures is not
          required to disclose its requirements for network compatibility and security features
          where agency did not shift the burden to vendors to select what to quote; agency
          may consider special copier features discernable from product literature when
          selecting vendor for award.
          DECISION

          Metro Business Systems, LLC (MBS), protests the award of purchase order
          No. CNSHQG05026 for 16 copiers to Ameritel Corporation, a dealer of Canon
          Copiers, issued by the Corporation for National & Community Service under
          Ameritel's General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS)
          contract.

          We deny the protest.

          The agency sought to procure, through a lease-to-ownership-plan, 16 multi-function
          copiers from a single FSS vendor to replace their existing fleet of 15 copiers.'
          The agency did not issue a solicitation to acquire these copiers. Instead, it
          conducted market surveys in February, March, and April of 2005 with five vendors
          and requested quotations from these vendors. Vendors were provided the model


' Of the current fleet, 7 were Canon brand copiers and 8 were Kodak brand.

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