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B-418191 1 (2020-01-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaealb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Spanish Solutions Language Services, LLC File: B-418191 Date: January 2, 2020 Marcela Lopez, for the protester. Michael G. Anderson, Esq., and Elizabeth E. Urrutia, Esq., Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, for the agency. Andrew J. Smith, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Proposal received after the submission deadline was late and therefore ineligible for consideration where the request for proposals included the late submission provision set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation provision 52.212-1 (f)(2)(i). DECISION Spanish Solutions Language Services, LLC, a small business of North Miami, Florida, protests the award of a contract to Human Touch Translations under request for proposals (RFP) No. HQ0034-19-R-0355, which was issued by the Department of Defense (DoD), Washington Headquarters Services, for translation services. Spanish Solutions argues that its proposal was not late and that the agency unreasonably found its proposal technically unacceptable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On September 17, 2019, the Washington Headquarters Services issued the RFP pursuant to the commercial item and simplified acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 12 and 13. Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, RFP at 1; AR, Tab 10, Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 1. The RFP sought proposals to provide Arabic, French, and Russian translation services to support a strategic planning seminar in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., from October 21 to November 1. RFP at 23-24, 27. The RFP contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract to the offeror that submitted the lowest-priced, technically acceptable proposal, considering

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