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B-415386,B-415386.2 1 (2018-01-02)

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G                   U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                             of the United States




Decision


Matter of:   Native American Construction Services, LLC

File:     B-415386; B-415386.2

Date:     January 2, 2018

John W. Bracken, Native American Construction Services, LLC, for the protester.
Brian A. Quint, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency.
Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest that agency improperly conducted procurement using simplified commercial
item procedures and policies is dismissed as untimely where issue was not raised in
prior agency-level protest.

2. Protest challenging agency's use of FedBid for the solicitation is dismissed where
protester's allegations fail to assert a violation of procurement statute or regulation.
DECISION

Native American Construction Services, LLC (NAC), a small business located in
Independence, California, protests the terms of invitation for bids (IFB) No. 40343964,
issued by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), for the
procurement of wild horse and burro feeding services. NAC argues that it was improper
for the solicitation to use simplified procedures for the acquisition of commercial items
because the solicited services do not constitute a commercial item. The protester also
challenges the agency's decision to use FedBid for the solicitation of services.


We dismiss the protest.

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