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B-411533.2,B-411533.4 1 (2015-10-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrne0001 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 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: MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. File: B-411533.2; B-411533.4 Date: October 9, 2015 Joseph P. Hornyak, Esq., and Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the protester. Anne B. Perry, Esq., David S. Gallacher, Esq., Matthew W. Turetzky, Esq., and Christine R. Couvillon, Esq., Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, for W.W. Grainger, Inc., the intervenor. Alissa J. K. Schrider, Esq., Kacie A. Haberly, Esq., and Tyler J. Mullen, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging an agency's corrective action is denied where the record reflects that after a prior protest, the agency took corrective action because it found the solicitation overstated its needs, and where agency acted within its discretion in deciding there was a reasonable possibility that the solicitation flaw prejudiced the prior protester. DECISION MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc., protests corrective action taken by the General Services Administration (GSA) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. QSOA-4PL-150014 for industrial products and related services. MSC alleges that the procurement flaw underlying the corrective action was not prejudicial, and the corrective action therefore was improper. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On December 9, 2013, and in accordance with the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 8.4, the agency issued an RFQ to establish multiple blanket purchase agreements (BPA) with vendors holding contracts under GSA

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