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B-299046.2 1 (2007-02-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptauct0001 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: Para Scientific Company File: B-299046.2 Date: February 13, 2007 Hiram Reinhart for the protester. Mogy E. Omatete, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In a procurement conducted under simplified acquisition procedures, agency's determination that it was in the best interests of the government to make a single award to the vendor that submitted the lowest total-priced quotation for all 22 items listed in a request for quotations for laboratory supplies was unreasonable where the record demonstrates that a second award to the protester for 6 of the requested items would have resulted in a lower aggregate cost to the government and there is nothing in the record to suggest that such an award would not have been in the government's best interests. DECISION Para Scientific Company protests the award of a contract to Fisher Scientific Company LLC under request for quotations (RFQ) No. NIH-NIDDK-06-985, issued by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, for laboratory supplies. We sustain the protest. The RFQ listed 22 items and the quantity of the items that the agency sought to purchase. For example, some of the items included Pipet Sero Disposable 25ml 200/cs with a quantity sought of 10 cases, and Box with cover fiber board 3 inch 12/pack with a quantity sought of 10 packs. RFQ at 2. Next to each of the items listed and quantities sought, the RFQ included blank spaces where vendors were to insert their unit price per item and total prices based upon the stated quantities. The

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