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B-420941,B-420941.2 Nov 09, 2022 1 (2022-11-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaonzq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
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:  LOGMET LLC
File:     B-420941; B-420941.2
Date:      November 9, 2022
Timothy A. Furin, Esq., The Law Office of Timothy A. Furin, PLLC, for the protester.
William T. Welch, Esq., and J. Patrick McMahon, Esq., McMahon, Welch and Learned
LLC, for XOtech LLC, the intervenor.
Andrew J. Smith, Esq., Dmitrius R. McGruder, Esq., Jill B. Wiley, Esq., and Seth
Ritzman, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency.
Hannah G. Barnes, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest challenging the evaluation of the protester's quotation is denied where the
agency's evaluation conclusions were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the
solicitation.
2. Protest alleging that the agency engaged in disparate treatment is denied where the
differences in ratings were based on differences in the quotations.
DECISION
LOGMET LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Road
Rock, Texas, protests the issuance of a task order to XOtech LLC, an SDVOSB of
Tyrone, Georgia, under request for quotations (RFQ) W81 K0422Q0003, issued by the
Department of the Army for equipment storage and maintenance services in support of
a medical equipment concentrations site. The protester argues that the agency
unreasonably evaluated its quotation.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
On April 21, 2022, the Army issued the RFQ as an SDVOSB set-aside to holders of
General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule contracts, pursuant to
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4. Agency Report (AR), Tab 4, RFQ

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