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B-420604 Jun 02, 2022 1 (2022-06-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaondr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                      Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                of the United States
Decision
Matter of: EBS Supply, Inc.
File:     B-420604
Date:     June 2, 2022
Gilbert West, EBS Supply, Inc., for the protester.
Kristopher Cronin, Esq., United States Marine Corps, for the agency.
Christine Milne, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the protester's quotation as technically
unacceptable is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable in
light of the protester's failure to submit an adequately written quotation.
DECISION
EBS Supply, Inc., a small business of San Diego, California, protests the award of a
contract to Railroad Cleaners d/b/a RRC Commercial, a small business of Pittsburg,
California, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. M0068122Q0004, issued by the
United States Marine Corps (USMC) for protective equipment leasing and laundering
services. The protester contends that the agency unreasonably evaluated its quotation
as technically unacceptable.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The RFQ, issued on February 1, 2022, as a small business set-aside, contemplated the
award of a fixed-price indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to provide shop
towels, coveralls, shirts, and pants leasing and laundering services for the agency's
Southwest Regional Fleet Transportation department. Agency Report (AR), Exh. 1,
RFQ Performance Work Statement (PWS) ¶ 1.0. The services were to be provided
over a 1-year base period and four 1-year option periods at various installations in
California and Arizona. Id. Under the contract, these installations could lease clothing
and shop towels (also referred to as rags) for the protection of agency personnel in their

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