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B-193963 1 (1979-08-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhlv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: vo - THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . '. OF THE UNITED STATES : 0 /WAS HIN GTO N,..C. 20548 B-193963 DATE: August 6, 1979 Baker Manufacturing Company, Inc. 6; 7 6 2 CPtC-?1~L OZ 7L DIGEST: 1. Nonmandatory user of FSS contract is free to use multiple-award FSS sources in lieu of single source contracts where only particular item on multiple- award schedule meets its minimum needs. 2. Protester's disagreement with agency's decision establishing MOL's for multiple-award contracts is not basis to disturb decision since protester has not shown that agency acted unreasonably or in violation of regulation. Baker Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Baker), pro- tests any award for wall units under solicitation No. FEFP-Sl-0039-N-6-14-78 issued by the General Ser-fgCoco vices Administration, Federal Supply Service (GSA). The protester contends that negotiated multiple-award schedules should not be used to procure these wall units when there are competitive (single source) schedules available for almost the identical item. In addition, the protester contends that the use of a $100,000 maximum order limitation (MOL) for these multiple award schedules is too high and should be reduced to something less than $25,000. For the.reasons set out below, the protest is denied. Baker currently holds the competitively awarded (single source) contract for Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 71 Part VII B (Metal Frame Dormitory Furniture) and is protesting the use in this procurement of multiple-award schedule contracts for FSS 71 Part XIX (Contemporary Wall Units for Office Use). In Baker's opinion, the purchasing agency--the Air Force--is misusing the multiple-award schedule CAJ L Lc -/c, Pl &S, fH. T / lev i ch ~d FILE: MATTER OF: