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B-415817 1 (2018-03-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadumn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Savannah Cleaning Systems, Inc. File: B-415817 Date: March 27, 2018 Mitzi A. Moore, for the protester. Jennifer Misciagna, Esq., Department of the Navy, and Stephen T. O'Neal, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agencies. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly issued a Federal Supply Schedule purchase order to a firm is sustained where the vendor quoted an item that did not meet the specifications and the agency has not shown the item was equivalent to the brand name specified, and where the item was not listed on the vendor's Federal Supply Schedule contract. DECISION Savannah Cleaning Systems, Inc., of Savannah, Georgia, protests the issuance of a purchase order to Border Construction Specialists, LLC (BCS), of Phoenix, Arizona, by the Department of the Navy, Trident Refit Facility, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 1249714 for five pressure washers. The solicitation was issued under the General Services Administration's (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS). The protester alleges that the Navy improperly issued the purchase order because BCS offered an off-schedule item which did not meet the solicitation's specifications. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND On November 1, 2017, the agency issued the RFQ via the GSA's e-Buy system pursuant to the procedures set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4. The RFQ contemplated the issuance of a fixed-price purchase order to be awarded on a best-value/technically acceptable basis for five pressure washers under the selected vendor's FSS contract. Agency Report (AR) at 76. The RFQ was distributed to 91 vendors. Id. at 7.

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