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B-413246 1 (2016-09-15)

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          GAO
Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548



           Decision


Matter of:

File:

Date:


Comptroller General
of the United States


Independent Systems, Inc.

B-413246

September 15, 2016


Alfredo Flores Jr., for the protester.
Heather M. Self, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency.
Pedro E. Briones, Esq., Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of
the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest of rejection of proposal is denied where the agency reasonably found that
the proposal took exception to the solicitation's delivery and payment terms.
DECISION

Independent Systems, Inc. (ISI), of Bristow, Virginia, protests the rejection of its
proposal under request for proposals (RFP) No. AG-05G2-S-16-0006, issued by the
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, for bulldozers. The protester contends
that the Forest Service unreasonably determined that ISl's proposal took exception
to the solicitation's delivery and payment terms.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The Forest Service issued the RFP on March 24, 2016, to firms holding blanket
purchase agreements (BPA or agreement) with the agency for heavy equipment.
Contracting Officer Statement (COS) IM 5-6; RFP at 127.1 The solicitation sought
two types of bulldozers with specified options, for delivery F.O.B. destination to the



1 The agency assigned documents in the record, including the solicitation,
sequential page numbers, which we use in our decision.

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