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B-294388 1 (2004-10-21)

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         G    A     0Comptroller General
 .. . .Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                     of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548


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         Decision


         Matter  of: United Seguranga, Ltda.

         File:       B-294388

         Date:        October 21, 2004

         Dr. Rafael Lycurgo Leite for the protester.
         David B. Dempsey, Esq., Kristen E. Ittig, Esq., and Anand V. Ramana, Esq., Holland &
         Knight, for Wackenhut International, Inc., an intervenor.
         Dennis J. Gallagher, Esq., Department of State, for the agency.
         Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         1. Protest that agency improperly awarded a contract to a joint venture that
         protester alleges may not be allowed to perform the contract under Brazilian law is
         denied where local licenses were not required prior to award and thus the question
         of the awardee's ability to perform the contract concerns the awardee's
         responsibility. The Government Accountability Office does not review an agency's
         affirmative determination of responsibility absent the applicability of exceptions not
         alleged here.

         2. Protest that agency failed to allow proposal revisions based on changes to the
         incumbent contract is denied where the agency did not incorporate those changes
         into the current solicitation.
         DECISION

         United Seguranga, Ltda. (USL), protests the award of a contract under request for
         proposals (RFP) No. S-BT250-02-R-0008, issued by the Department of State to ajoint
         venture of Wackenhut International, Inc. and Graber Sistemas de Seguranga
         (WII-Graber) for security services at United States (U.S.) Embassy buildings in
         Brazil. USL challenges the agency's award to WII-Graber on grounds that the
         awardee is prohibited under Brazilian law from performing the contract and that the
         agency improperly declined to allow offerors to submit revised proposals in
         response to a change in the incumbent contract's staffing levels.


We deny the protest.

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