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B-416538 1 (2018-10-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvdd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: VS Aviation Services, LLC File: B-416538 Date: October 03, 2018 Samer W. Karadsheh, for the protester. Benjamin M. Diliberto, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's decision not to consider vendor's quotation is denied where the quotation was not received by the agency in a manner consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION VS Aviation Services, LLC, a small business of Grand Rapids, Michigan, protests the award of a contract to Earle Kinlaw and Associates, Inc., a small business of Grayson, Georgia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. F3QCCM7348A101, issued by the Department of the Air Force for the purchase of utility carts. The protester objects to the Air Force's decision not to consider the vendor's lower-priced quotation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued on May 3, 2018, as a combined synopsis/solicitation pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, sought quotations for the award of a 5-year, fixed-price requirements contract for approximately 300 golf/utility carts. Agency Report (AR), Tab 4, Conformed RFQ, at 1. Per the RFQ, award was to be made to the vendor that submitted the most advantageous quotation, considering price and technical specifications. Id. at 4. The RFQ further provided that quotations were to be submitted via email by 12:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), on May 18, to the contracting officer and contract specialist, whose email addresses were specified in the RFQ. Id. at 1.

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