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B-277833 1 (1997-11-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagdu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Commonwealth Industrial Specialties, hie. File: B-277833 Date: November 25, 1997 Richard Snyder for the protester. Philip F. Eckert, Jr., Esq., and Stephen Stastny, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Requirement that responses to simplified acquisition request for quotations be submitted electronically through the agency's electronic bulletin board (EBB) is reasonable and consistent with the statutory requirement that competition for procurements using simplified acquisition procedures be promoted to the maximum extent practicable, where the agency reasonably determined that electronic quotations would promote efficiency and economy and would not be overly burdensome to prospective vendors. DECISION Commonwealth Industrial Specialties, Inc. (CIS) protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. SP0400-97-T-L228, issued by the Defense Supply Center Richmond (DSCR), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), for pressure gages. We deny the protest. The RFQ was issued under the agency's automated procurement procedures as a simplified acquisition pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994, 10 U.S.C. § 2304(g) (Supp. II 1996), as implemented in part 13 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Section 2304(g)(1) provides, in relevant part, as follows: In order to promote efficiency and economy in contracting and to avoid unnecessary burdens for agencies and contractors, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall provide for ... special simplified procedures for purchases of property and services for amounts not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold ....

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