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B-419973 Oct 14, 2021 1 (2021-10-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaomjf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO 1O 0 U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 Comptroller General of the United States Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Davos Francois File: Date: B-419973 October 14, 2021 Lewis P. Rhodes, Esq., General Counsel, PC, for the protester. Kathleen D. Martin, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly required the protester to demonstrate an active certification as a condition for selection is denied. Rather, because the solicitation expressly established that an ideal candidate would have an active certification, the agency reasonably considered whether the protester maintained an active certification as part of its qualitative evaluation of the protester's credentials. DECISION Davos V. Francois (Francois), of Miramar, Florida, protests its nonselection under solicitation (Soln.)1 No. PSC-21-044-INL, issued by the Department of State (DOS) for a contracting officer representative (COR) position in Haiti. The protester contends it was improperly penalized for not having an active certification. The protester argues that this error resulted in its nonselection.2 We deny the protest. 1 The solicitation was issued as a contract opportunity for a selectee with whom the agency would negotiate a personal services contract (PSC) for the contracting officer representative position. Contracting Officer Statement at 1. 2 Francois has not challenged the evaluation of the selectee, argued that the selectee was unqualified, or was improperly selected.

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