B-281958,B-281959: May 10, 1999

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. RFQ-A426 was a simplified acquisition using the agency's automated purchase procedures. RFQs are transmitted dir...

B-281958,B-281959: May 10, 1999

National Aerospace Group, Inc. protests the issuance of purchase orders for sheet metal to other firms under request for quotations (RFQ) Nos. SPO500-99-T-A426 (RFQ-A426) and SPO540-99-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...