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B-412196.2 1 (2016-03-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsat0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Diversity Marketing and Communications, LLC File: B-412196.2 Date: March 9, 2016 Barbara S. Kinosky, Esq., Marina Blickley, Esq., and Wojciech Kornacki, Esq., Centre Law & Consulting, LLC, for the protester. Dorothy M. Guy, Esq., Brandon Dell'Aglio, Esq., and Jennifer M. Siegel, Esq., Social Security Administration, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Solicitation requirement that limited the agency's experience evaluation to prime contractor experience does not unduly restrict competition where the record demonstrates that the requirement is reasonably related to the agency's needs. DECISION Diversity Marketing and Communications, LLC, a woman-owned small business of Florham Park, New Jersey, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. SSA-RFQ-1 5-0240, issued by the Social Security Administration (SSA), for marketing and public relations support in the management of national public information campaigns. The protester argues that the terms of the solicitation are overly restrictive and favor the incumbent contractor. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ was issued on May 13, 2015 as a small business set-aside, and was limited to holders of Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4. The solicitation sought to obtain a marketing and public relations support service provider for the development, execution, and multi-channel distribution of public education communications that target diverse audiences and enable SSA to meet its public education objectives.

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