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B-402820 1 (2010-07-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbki0001 and id is 1 raw text is: iL G A O Comptroller General fuu 7in LAccountabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: URS Group, Inc. File: B-402820 Date: July 30, 2010 Daniel F. Edwards, Esq., Thompson Hine LLP, for the protester. Jeffrey M. Herrema, Esq., Environmental Protection Agency, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of the agency's rejection of the protester's proposal as technically unacceptable is denied, where the protester failed to establish that it possessed a top secret facility security clearance on the due date for receipt of proposals as required by the solicitation. DECISION URS Group, Inc., of Washington, D.C., protests the rejection of its proposal submitted under request for proposals No. (RFP) No. PR-CI-09-10342, issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for technical support services to assist EPA in its water-security related activities. The protester argues that the EPA improperly rejected its proposal for failing to demonstrate that it had a top secret clearance as required by the solicitation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on February 22, 2010, contemplated the award of a cost-plus-fixed- fee contract to the firm whose proposal represented the best value to the government, price and other factors considered. RFP §§ L-4, M-1. The RFP advised offerors that the agency intended to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions. RFP § L-1 (incorporating by reference Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 52.212-1). As relevant here, the RFP contained the following security clearance requirement:

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