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B-310742.2 1 (2008-02-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavxt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Para Scientific Company File: B-310742.2; B-310903 Date: February 14, 2008 Hiram Reinhart for the protester. Theresa Chesnut, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Eric M. Ransom, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Cancellation of request for quotations (RFQ) was proper where agency reasonably determined that the RFQ materially overstated its requirements and that revising the RFQ would lead to enhanced competition. DECISION Para Scientific Company protests the corrective action proposed by the Department of the Navy, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, San Diego, in response to Para Scientific's earlier protest of the issuance of an order to another firm under request for quotations (RFQ) No. N00259-07-T-0361, for microscope slides and slide cabinets. Para Scientific also protests the agency's cancellation of request for quotations (RFQ) No. N00258-08-T-0005, for histology cassettes, coverglasses, and chemical- resistant markers. We deny the protests. Para Scientific originally protested the issuance of an order to another firm under solicitation No. N00259-07-T-0361 on October 31, 2007, alleging that its offered price was low enough to warrant a split order and that its alternate bid price was lower than the total price offered by the selected firm.' In response to the protest, the 1 Para Scientific quoted two prices in its response to the solicitation, one price for the items requested by the solicitation and an alternate, lower price, for or equal products that it regarded as technically equivalent. Agency Report (AR), Tab 4, Para Scientific Quote, at 2.

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