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B-418449 1 (2020-05-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebge0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has 1been approved for public release. Matter of: Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. File: B-418449 Date: May 18, 2020 Gary J. Campbell, Esq., G. Matthew Koehl, Esq., Nathaniel J. Greeson, Esq., and Lidiya Kurin, Esq., Womble Bond Dickinson-US, LLP, for the protester. Ellen B. Clark, Esq., United States Marine Corps, for the agency. Lois Hanshaw, Esq., and Evan C. Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Solicitation requirement that prime contractor or its affiliate be an independent public accountant is unduly restrictive of competition where the agency does not show that the specifications are reasonably necessary to meet the agency's needs. 2. Protest that task order requirement for performance of audit services by an independent public accountant exceeds the scope of an indefinite-delivery, indefinite- quantity, multiple-award contract for audit services is sustained where it was not reasonably foreseeable that the task order would limit performance of services to independent public accountants. DECISION Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. (Booz Allen), of McLean, Virginia, protests the terms of request for quotation (RFQ) No. M95494-20-Q-0005, issued by the United States Marine Corps for financial statement audit support services. Booz Allen contends that the RFQ requirement that the prime contractor or its affiliate be an independent public accountant (IPA) is unduly restrictive of competition, and outside the scope of the underlying indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. The protester also argues that the solicitation violates various procurement statutes and regulations. We sustain the protest.

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