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B-311143 1 (2008-03-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavzg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Harris Enterprises, Inc. File: B-311143 Date: March 27, 2008 George Sigler for the protester. Mark S. Ledford, Esq., and Uri Ko, Esq., Social Security Administration, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In solicitation for warehouse support services, requirement that awardee be registered as ISO-9001:2000 compliant is unobjectionable where agency reasonably determined that contractor meeting strict quality assurance standards will best be able to meet agency's need for handling of security sensitive items, including personally identifiable information. DECISION Harris Enterprises, Inc. protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. SSA- RFP-08-1028, issued by the Social Security Administration (SSA) for warehouse support services. Harris, the incumbent contractor, asserts that the solicitation is unduly restrictive of competition because it requires offerors to have current certification under International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001:2000.' We deny the protest. SSA issued the RFP on January 11, 2008 as a competitive section 8(a) set-aside for management, labor, supplies, equipment, materials, and transportation necessary to perform warehouse support services in Maryland. The RFP included a requirement that the successful offeror be ISO 9001:2000 certified by the date specified for receipt 1 ISO-9000 standards (including ISO 9001) are a series of internationally recognized quality assurance standards. See LBM Inc., B-286271, Dec. 1, 2000, 2000 CPD 194 at 2 n.2.

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