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B-281958 1 (1999-05-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajik0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: National Aerospace Group, hie. File: B-281958; B-281959 Date: May 10, 1999 Karl Dix, Jr., Esq., Smith, Currie & Hancock, for the protester. Mike Friedman for Airport Metals, an intervenor. Lillian Weiss, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Wm. David Hasfurther, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Placement of an order at a significant price premium for the sole reason that the vendor quoting a lower price has no prior performance history in supplying the item being procured was unreasonable, where determination was not made in accordance with the stated evaluation scheme. DECISION National Aerospace Group, Inc. protests the issuance of purchase orders for sheet metal to other firms under request for quotations (RFQ) Nos. SP0500-99-T-A426 (RFQ-A426) and SP0540-99-Q-A152 (RFQ-A152) by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Defense Industrial Supply Center (DISC). National argues that its quotations represented the best value under these two RFQs. We sustain National's protest of the order under RFQ-A426, and deny National's protest under RFQ-A152. RFQ-A426 was a simplified acquisition using the agency's automated purchase procedures. Under these procedures, RFQs are transmitted directly to an electronic bulletin board (EBB) maintained by the agency. Firms desiring access to the EBB to review the RFQs and to submit quotations are required to first register with the agency by completing a small purchase agreement (SPA). Once registered, vendors can then access the EBB either through a service or using their own personal computers via the Internet. Contracting Officer's Statement at 1; see Commonwealth Indus. Specialties, Inc., B-277833, Nov. 25, 1997, 97-2 CPD 151 at 2-3; Arcy Mfg. Co., Inc.: Beard Servs., Inc.: Keys Wholesale, Inc.: Craftmaster Hardware Co., Inc., B-261538 et al., Aug. 14, 1995, 95-2 CPD 283 at 1-2. The SPA, which every

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