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B-419874,B-419874.2 Aug 20, 2021 1 (2021-08-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaomdh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo_ U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Unitec Distribution Systems File: B-419874; B-419874.2 Date: August 20, 2021 Lewis P. Rhodes, Esq., General Counsel, PC, for the protester. Moshe B. Broder, Esq., and Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., Jenner & Block, LLP, for Hanover Uniform Company, the intervenor. Robert L. Carson III, Esq., Architect of the Capitol, for the agency. Christine Milne, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency unreasonably and unequally evaluated quotations is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably and equally evaluated quotations in accordance with the solicitation's terms, and where the protester does not show that the price reasonableness analysis was unreasonable or insufficiently documented. DECISION Unitec Distribution Systems, a small business of Westminster, Maryland, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Hanover Uniform Company, a small business of Baltimore, Maryland, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. AOCSSB21 Q0025, issued by the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) for uniforms and related items. Unitec argues that the agency unreasonably and unequally evaluated technical and price quotations, and made a flawed best-value tradeoff decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On March 3, 2021, the AOC issued the RFQ to procure uniforms, patches, insignia, outerwear, and related items for approximately 1,700 employees in the U.S. Capitol Building, House and Senate office buildings, the Supreme Court, the Botanic Garden, and other facilities. Agency Report (AR), exh. 2, Statement of Work (SOW) at 3. The RFQ, set aside for small businesses using the simplified acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 13, contemplated the issuance of a BPA

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