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B-408388 1 (2013-08-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpso0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: J. Squared Inc., d/b/a University Loft Company File: B-408388 Date: August 27, 2013 Kevin Leslie, Esq., J. Squared Inc., d/b/a University Loft Company, for the protester. C. Clay Weisenberger, Esq., Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for the agency. Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester is an interested party where its economic interests are prejudiced by the agency's decision to restrict procurement to oak constructed furniture, as the firm could compete more effectively if permitted to offer furniture constructed of another type of wood. 2. Protest arguing the agency unduly restricted competition by requiring oak material for furniture procurement is denied where the agency adequately justified its need to restrict specification to that material. DECISION J. Squared Inc., d/b/a University Loft Company (Uloft) protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. W912DY-1 3-T-01 73, issued by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for the purchase of furniture items for delivery to Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Uloft argues that the RFQ's specification requiring that only oak furniture be provided is unduly restrictive of competition. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency issued the RFQ on May 17, 2013, for the purchase of various furniture items through the Huntsville Center Centrally Managed Furnishings Program for

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