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B-408995 1 (2014-01-06)

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          SG   A    O                                                    Comptroller General
!Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                                of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548



          Decision


          Matter of:   Logistics Network, Inc.

          File:        B-408995

          Date:     January 6, 2014

          Jim Yeatts, Logistics Network, Inc., for the protester.
          David W. Altieri, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
          Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General
          Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Agency reasonably rejected protester's response to brand name or equal
          solicitation on basis that protester provided insufficient information to evaluate
          offered products where record reflects that protester offered equal products and
          protester's product information consisted almost entirely of text taken from
          solicitation and images that appeared on brand name manufacturer's website.
          DECISION

          Logistics Network, Inc. (LNI), of Norwood, North Carolina, protests the rejection of
          its response to solicitation No. 528-13-2-5088-0060 issued by the Department of
          Veterans Affairs for modular patient room furniture at the Veterans Affairs Medical
          Center in Canandaigua, New York.

          We deny the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          The solicitation, which was issued on September 6, 2013, contemplated the
          issuance of a fixed-price purchase or delivery order for specified quantities of
          19 furniture and furniture-related items.' Solicitation at 1, 3; Contracting Officer's
          Statement T 3. The solicitation did not directly state the basis for award, but it

          1 The solicitation was issued as FedBid Buy No. 540670_02. FedBid is a
          commercial online procurement services provider that operates FedBid.com.

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