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B-266210 1 (1996-02-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaduq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: LaBarge Electronics File: B-266210 Date: February 9, 1996 Stephen S. Kaye, Esq., and Regina V. Kunkle, Esq., Bryan Cave LLP, for the protester. Victor E. Covalt III, Esq., Woods & Aitken, for Telex Communications, Inc., an interested party. Robert A. Lincoln, Esq., The Library of Congress, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In a negotiated procurement for audio cassette machines, the procuring agency properly determined to make a single award under a solicitation that permitted up to two awards, where the agency received only two offers and the protester's proposed price was determined to be unreasonable. DECISION LaBarge Electronics protests the award of a contract to Telex Communications, Inc., under request for proposals (RFP) No. RFP95-3, issued by the Library of Congress, for audio cassette machines for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS). LaBarge contends that the agency unreasonably made a single award where the solicitation provided for multiple awards. We deny the protest. The NLS administers a government program that provides books and magazines on audio cassettes and audio cassette machines to eligible blind and physically handicapped persons. Telex and LaBarge have previously supplied audio cassette machines for this program under separate contracts with the Library. Telex, the original supplier of the audio cassettes machines, provided its C-1 model machine, while LaBarge supplied the C-2 model. The two audio cassette models, while essentially functionally equivalent, were subject to different performance specifications, reflecting differences in design, method of manufacture, and warranty periods. 111029

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