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B-412169 1 (2015-12-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrtk0001 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: Hydromach, Inc. File: B-412169 Date: December 28, 2015 Charles R. Platt, Hydromach, Inc., for the protester. Amanda Stone, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's selection of a higher-priced quotation is denied where the agency's tradeoff decision was reasonable, and where the agency adequately documented its tradeoff rationale. DECISION Hydromach, Inc., of Chatsworth, California, a small business, protests the issuance of a purchase order to CM Manufacturing, Inc., of Missoula, Montana, by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SPE5EC- 15-Q-0381, for the requisition of bolts, National Stock Number (NSN) 5306-01-206- 5459. Hydromach argues that DLA's best-value tradeoff analysis and source selection decision failed to consider the evaluated differences between the quotations, and was not adequately documented. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On May 25, DLA issued the RFQ, which sought quotations for the acquisition of 75 externally, relieved body bolts, (NSN 5459).1 RFQ at 1. The solicitation was 1 Our Office did not issue a protective order in connection with this protest because Hydromach elected not to retain counsel eligible for admission under a protective order. In resolving the protest, we reviewed unredacted copies of evaluation and source selection documents in camera, and we have based our decision on the full (continued...)

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