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B-414179 1 (2017-02-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtdh0001 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: Glem Gas S.p.A. File: B-414179 Date: February 23, 2017 Dr. Matteo Zappile, USCOMED Consulting Services, for the protester. Eva Escalante, Esq., and Robert Kois, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of the issuance of an order under a brand name or equal procurement is denied where the protester has not demonstrated that it was competitively prejudiced by the agency's waiver of the solicitation's salient characteristics by selecting the awardee's similar product. DECISION Glem Gas S.p.A., of San Cesario sul Panaro, Italy, protests the issuance of a purchase order to Gaeta Ship Supply SRL (Gaeta), of Gaeta, Italy, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. N68171-17-T-2003, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Supply Systems Command, for stoves. Glem Gas contends that the Navy improperly waived the RFQ's salient characteristics by selecting the awardee's non-conforming product. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ was issued under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, to procure, on a brand name or equal basis, 270 gas stoves for base housing at U.S. Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy. RFQ amend. 1, at 1-10; Mem. of Law (MOL) at 1; Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) 1. The RFQ identified a stove model manufactured by Glem Gas as the brand name appliance, and listed several salient characteristics that had to be satisfied by any other stove offered as equal to the

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