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B-421597.2,B-421597.3 Nov 17, 2023 1 (2023-11-17)

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             G A O  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:   RELX  Inc.

File:     B-421597.2; B-421597.3

Date:     November 17, 2023

Scott F. Lane, Esq., Jayna Marie Rust, Esq., and Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., Thompson
Coburn  LLP, for the protester.
Colonial Frank Yoon, and Major Asilla J. Schrider, Department of the Air Force, for the
agency.
Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the issuance of a task order under a brand-name-or-equal
procurement is sustained where record shows that agency improperly issued the task
order based on a non-conforming quotation.
DECISION

RELX,  Inc., d/b/a LexisNexis, of Washington, D.C., protests the issuance of a task order
to West Publishing Company, of St. Paul, Minnesota, under request for quotations
(RFQ)  No. 1609916, issued by the Department of the Air Force for an electronic search
and data tool license. RELX argues that the quotation submitted by West does not
meet the requirements of the RFQ and should have been rejected.


We  sustain the protest.

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