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B-416127 1 (2018-05-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadupp0001 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: LED Lighting Solutions, LLC File: B-416127 Date: May 9, 2018 Tom DeSantos, for the protester. Jason W. Allen, Esq, and Scott N. Flesch, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Joshua R. Gillerman, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's rejection of vendor's quotation is denied where the record shows that the rejection was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. DECISION LED Lighting Solutions, LLC, of Berlin, Connecticut, protests the award of a contract to Van Meter Industrial, Inc., of Des Moines, Iowa, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. W912LP-1 8-P-801 1, issued by the Department of the Army, Iowa Air National Guard, to procure light-emitting diode (LED) lights for the munitions storage area of the Iowa Air National Guard Base in Des Moines, Iowa. The protester argues that it should have received award because it submitted a lower-priced quotation than the awardee and its quoted product exceeded the solicitation's brand name or equal specifications. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ was issued on January 23, 2018, as a small business set-aside under the streamlined acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, RFQ at 2. The basis for award was price, provided the quoted LED lights satisfied the minimum specifications listed in the RFQ. Id. The RFQ provided examples of brand name LED lights that would be acceptable but noted that equivalent LED lights would also be acceptable, provided they met the minimum requirements delineated in the RFQ. Id. at 42.

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