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B-298572 1 (2006-10-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptasrb0001 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: Buckley & Kaldenbach, Inc. File: B-298572 Date: October 4, 2006 Isabel Kaldenbach-Montemayor and Robin Buckley for the protester. David T. Copenhaver, Esq., and Mary Schaffer, Esq., Bureau of the Public Debt, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging award to a higher technically rated, higher priced vendor is denied where the solicitation provided that technical merit was more important than price and the agency's procurement record provided a reasonable basis for the award decision. DECISION Buckley & Kaldenbach, Inc. protests the award of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to Ogilvy Public Relations under request for quotations (RFQ) No. RFQ-06- 132, issued by the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Public Debt, for public relations services. The protester contends that the agency made an improper source selection decision by awarding the BPA to Ogilvy based on that vendor's higher technically rated and higher-priced quotation.' We deny the protest. 1 While our decision refers to the award of a BPA, which is the terminology used by the parties, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in fact refers to the establishment of a BPA against an FSS contract. FAR §§ 8.403(a)(2), 8.404(b). The parties' terminology reflects the fact that, although the agency proceeded under FSS, it actually conducted the procurement much like a negotiated procurement under FAR part 15.

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