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B-403036 1 (2010-08-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbli0001 and id is 1 raw text is: li AL G A O Comptroller General Acc untabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been D eci o approved for public release. Matter of: Torres Advanced Enterprise Solutions, LLC File: B-403036 Date: August 18, 2010 A. Jeff Ifrah, Esq., Jeffrey R. Hamlin, Esq., and Steven Eichorn, Esq., Ifrah PLLC; and Alison L. Doyle, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, for the protester. Joseph D. West, Esq., Owen E. Whitehurst, Esq., and Christyne K. Brennan, Esq., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, for Triple Canopy, Inc., the intervenor. Peter F. Pontzer, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the issuance of a task order is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that the awardee was technically acceptable. 2. Protest challenging agency's failure to consider an inspector general report issued by a different agency concerning the awardee's performance on another contract is denied where the solicitation did not provide for the evaluation of past performance. DECISION Torres Advanced Enterprise Solutions, LLC, of Arlington, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Triple Canopy, Inc., of Herndon, Virginia, under task order request (TOR) No. W91GDW-09-D-4033-0006 for the performance of security services at Contingency Operation Station (COS) Kalsu, Iskandariyah, Iraq, issued by the Department of the Army. The protester argues that the agency unreasonably concluded that the awardee's quotation was technically acceptable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The TOR was issued on May 3, 2010 to firms who hold contracts under the Army's Theater Wide Internal Security Services II indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for security guard services for U.S. military installations in Iraq. The TOR

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