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B-298300 1 (2006-07-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaspz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: The Ideal Solution, LLC File: B-298300 Date: July 10, 2006 Bob Gardner III for the protester. Sherry Kinland Kaswell, Esq., Department of Interior, for the agency. Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that awardee, as the incumbent contractor, had an unfair competitive advantage because only it knew that additional funding would be provided to reimburse certain expenses is denied where the agency's award selection was based upon the vendors' proposed fixed rates and the solicitation informed vendors that expenses under line item two would be reimbursed at actual costs plus general and administrative rates and fixed profit rates up to a not-to-exceed amount, which was to be determined at the time of award. DECISION The Ideal Solution, LLC (TIS) protests the award of a blanket purchase order to AER Enterprises under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 06HQQQ0013, issued by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior, for logistical support services. We deny the protest.! The RFQ, issued electronically under the simplified acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 13, provided for the award of a blanket purchase agreement for a base with three option years for logistical support services in organizing, coordinating and managing international events. RFQ at 6-7. Vendors were required to submit past performance references and a quotation demonstrating 1 Because a protective order was not issued in connection with the protest, this decision is necessarily general.

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