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B-299156 1 (2007-02-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaudi0001 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: Free&Ben Inc. File: B-299156 Date: February 20, 2007 Ben Emosivbe for the protester. Lynne Georges, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Under procurement for plastic tent stakes, agency properly did not consider thickness of stakes in its evaluation of quotations where solicitation neither requested such information nor provided for evaluation on such a basis. DECISION Free&Ben Inc. protests the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) issuance of a purchase order for 25,000 plastic tent stakes to Middle Tennessee Plastics, Inc. (MTP). The protester speculates that MTP was given the opportunity to lower its price after the date set for receipt of quotations, thereby displacing the protester as the lowest-priced vendor. The protester also argues that the agency improperly failed to consider the thickness of the stakes offered in its evaluation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On June 22, 2006, DLA's Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP) posted a presolicitation notice on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website announcing its intention to issue a request for quotations (RFQ) for 25,000 plastic tent stakes, National Stock Number 8340-01-478-0136. On September 8, the agency posted a second notice furnishing additional information regarding the forthcoming RFQ. The second notice informed prospective vendors that the RFQ would be posted on DLA's Internet Bulletin Board System (DIBBS) and that the response date would be September 30.

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