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B-420440,B-420442 Apr 05, 2022 1 (2022-04-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaomyj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Sea Box, Inc. File: B-420440; B-420442 Date: April 5, 2022 Robert A. Farber, Esq., for the protester. John P. Patkus, Esq., and Andrew T. McGuire, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's argument that the solicitations are defective because they lack sufficient information for the protester to monitor whether its competitors have truthfully represented they are supplying domestic end products in their Buy American Act (BAA) certifications is dismissed for two reasons: first, because there is no requirement that an agency provide the information the protester seeks; and second, because the argument is speculative and premature where the protester merely anticipates improper, prejudicial action by potential vendors and the agency. 2. Protests that solicitations fail to provide sufficient information regarding how the agency will apply price preference requirements of the BAA are dismissed where the provisions are not unclear or ambiguous. DECISION Sea Box, Inc., a small business of East Riverton, New Jersey, protests the terms of two solicitations, request for quotations (RFQ) No. SPE8ED-22-Q-0250 and RFQ No. SPE8ED-22-Q-0251, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for freight containers. Sea Box challenges the terms of the solicitations, arguing that additional information is needed regarding the Buy American Act's (BAA) requirement for domestic end products. We dismiss the protests.

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