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B-400451 1 (2008-11-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadaqh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: li AL A , GA O Comptroller General Acc untabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Vox Optima, LLC File: B-400451 Date: November 12, 2008 Darrell M. Allen, Esq., for the protester. Robert McMullen, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency improperly bundled acquisition is denied where record shows solicitation is for a new requirement, so that agency has not combined two or more smaller requirements that previously had been acquired from small businesses. 2. Protest that agency improperly failed to set aside a portion of its requirement for exclusive small business participation is denied where record shows agency fully considered partial set-aside but was unable to identify any small business concerns that could perform full spectrum of tasks contemplated by solicitation, and protester has not rebutted agency's position. DECISION Vox Optima, LLC, of Tijeras, New Mexico, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. N00189-08-R-Z051, issued by the Department of the Navy, Fleet Industrial Supply Command, for worldwide public communications and media support services. Vox asserts that the solicitation impermissibly bundles several requirements that could be performed by small businesses. We deny the protest. The RFP contemplates the award of multiple indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis, for a base year, with four 1-year options to perform a spectrum of public relations services on a worldwide basis for the office of the Navy Chief of Information (CHINFO). The RFP contemplates acquiring professional services in the areas of communication integration and strategy, media relations, community outreach/relations, visual information systems

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