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B-401230 1 (2009-06-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadawz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Ii .L A GA O Comptroller General f. A Accountabity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Global Solutions Network, Inc. File: B-401230 Date: June 26, 2009 Ronald S. Newlan for the protester. Barry C. Hansen, Esq., and John R. Caterini, Esq., Department of Justice; and Kenneth Dodds, Esq., and John W. Klein, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agencies. Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that solicitation for administrative support services should have been set aside for historically under utilized business zone (HUBZone) or small business concerns is denied, where agency reasonably determined from market research, past procurement history, and consultation with the Small Business Administration that there was not a reasonable likelihood that two or more responsible HUBZone or small business offerors would submit proposals at a fair and reasonable price. DECISION Global Solutions Network, Inc. (GSN), of Rockville, Maryland, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. DJJK-09-RFP-0585, issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for administrative support services for the DOJ's Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD). GSN argues that the solicitation should have been set aside for historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone) concerns or, in the alternative, small business concerns, and that the requirements were improperly bundled. We deny the protest. The ENRD is one of seven litigating divisions of the DOJ. It employs approximately 430 attorneys and 250 legal support staff, the vast majority of which work in Washington, D.C., although the ENRD also has 11 field offices throughout the United

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