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B-310759 1 (2008-02-07)

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A         G    A    O                                                   Comptroller General
.       Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                         of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office     DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Washington, DC 20548                                   The decision issued on the date below was subject to a
                                                       GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been
                                                       approved for public release.

          Decision

          Matter of: Tiger Truck LLC

          File:        B-310759; B-310759.2

          Date:        February 7, 2008

          David P. Metzger, Esq., and Kristen E. Ittig, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, for the
          protester.
          James H. Roberts, III, Esq., and Carrol H. Kinsey, Jr., Esq., Van Scoyoc Kelly PLLC,
          and Henry P. Schrenker, Esq., The Schrenker Law Firm, for Mag International, Inc.,
          an intervenor.
          Lee W. Crook, III, Esq., and Erica Stigall, Esq., General Services Administration, for
          the agency.
          Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General
          Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          1. Protest that successful vendor did not furnish a quotation for utility trucks with
          features requested by the agency such as E-85 (ethanol) engines and automatic
          transmissions is denied where it was clear from the successful vendor's quotation
          that it was offering trucks with the specified features.

          2. Where request for quotations required past performance references from
          customers who had purchased vehicles of the same or similar makes and models
          as those solicited, vendors were not restricted to submitting references from
          customers who had previously purchased vehicles identical to those solicited.
          DECISION

          Tiger Truck LLC protests the General Services Administration's (GSA) issuance of a
          task order for utility trucks and vans to Mag International, Inc. pursuant to request
          for quotations (RFQ) No. QSDACEB-Z4-07-2320. The protester argues that Mag's
          quotation should have been rejected as technically unacceptable.

          We deny the protest.

          The RFQ was issued by GSA's Federal Acquisition Service to acquire vehicles on
          behalf of the Department of the Air Force. The solicitation sought quotations for the
          delivery of five types of utility trucks and vans to over 70 different locations both in

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