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B-421919 Nov 20, 2023 1 (2023-11-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaopmm0001 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 Decision Matter of: Western Metal Supply, Inc. File: B-421919 Date: November 20, 2023 Abel Caballero, for the protester. Erika Whelan Retta, Esq., and Lawrence Anderson, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Suresh S. Boodram, Esq., Michael Willems, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest is dismissed as untimely where the protester alleges that the solicitation was defective because it failed to include required specifications, but the protest was not filed before the closing time for the submission of quotations. 2. Protest challenging an agency's evaluation of quotations and source selection decision is denied where the agency's evaluation was consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Western Metal Supply, Inc. (WMS), a small business of Escondido, California, protests the award of a contract to Agate Steel, a small business of Scottsdale, Arizona, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. F3G3AA31 1 1AW01, issued by the Department of the Air Force for flight-line sunshade structures. The protester argues that the RFQ failed to include necessary specifications, and that the agency otherwise deviated from the RFQ's requirements in the evaluation of quotations. We deny the protest in part and dismiss it in part. BACKGROUND The RFQ was issued on May 17, 2023, using the commercial acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12, and the simplified acquisition procedures of FAR part 13. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 2. The RFQ contemplated a lowest-priced, technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection. Id. The RFQ sought

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