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B-421979.4 May 07, 2024 1 (2024-05-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqgr0001 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 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. File: B-421979.4 Date: May 7, 2024 Kevin J. Cosgrove, Esq., Willcox & Savage, PC, for the protester. Maria DiGiovanni, Esq., and Katherine Vernet, Esq., General Services Administration, 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 is denied where the record shows that the agency evaluated the protester's quotation in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc., of Virginia Beach, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to another firm under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 47QFDA23Q0050, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for ballistic armor kits for the Department of the Navy. The protester asserts that the agency unreasonably evaluated its quotation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ was issued on August 16, 2023, as a delivery order for ballistic armor kits under the GSA multiple award schedule (MAS) in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4 to support the Navy Shore Activities Fire Protection and Emergency Services Program. Agency Report (AR), Exh., B, RFQ, amend. 00081 at 3, 35. The RFQ requested two types of ballistic armor kits, each described in detail under two contract line item numbers (CLINs). Id. at 3-6. Each CLIN listed pieces of armor to be provided and, as relevant here, CLIN 1 required vendors to provide the Army Combat Helmet (ACH) IlIlA Full-Cut Helmet with mesh and ratchet retention suspension 1 Amendment 0008 is the most recent version of the solicitation.

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