B-205064: Jun 28, 1982

A firm protested the Veterans Administration's (VA) placement of an order for mobile shelving. VA placed the order under a mandatory Federal Supply Service (FSS) schedule. The protester argued that VA improperly rejected its lower quotation. It contended that its model met the minimum VA needs and that VA inaccurately calculated the extent to which that model would require upgrading. GAO held that...

B-205064: Jun 28, 1982

DIGEST: AN AGENCY PROPERLY REJECTED A PROTESTER'S SECOND QUOTATION TO FURNISH MOBILE SHELVING FROM ITS FEDERAL SUPPLY SERVICE CONTRACT WHERE THE PROTESTER CLEARLY KNEW THE AGENCY'S NEEDS WHEN IT INITIALLY CHOSE TO QUOTE A MORE EXPENSIVE SHELVING SYSTEM AND THE SECOND QUOTATION WAS SUBMITTED ONLY AFTER THE PROTESTER LEARNED OF THE ISSUANCE OF A PURCHASE ORDER TO A FIRM WHOSE QUOTATION WAS LOWER. IR...