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B-404940 1 (2011-05-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbvv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Torres International, LLC File: B-404940 Date: May 31, 2011 A. Jeff Ifrah, Esq., Ifrah PLLC, for the protester. Kathleen D. Martin, Esq., Department of State, 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 challenging contracting agency's negative responsibility determination of a joint venture is denied where that determination is reasonably based on fact that the joint venture did not have a top secret facility clearance mandated by the solicitation. DECISION Torres International, LLC (TI JV) of Arlington, Virginia, protests the Department of State's (DOS) determination that TI JV was not responsible to perform the services required under task order request for proposals (TORFP) No. 2011-008, issued by DOS for the provision of protective security services in Irbil, Iraq. Torres was found nonresponsible because it did not have a current top secret facility clearance as required by the solicitation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On September 29, 2010, DOS awarded multiple indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts in support of the Worldwide Protective Service (WPS) program. An IDIQ contract was awarded to TI JV, a joint venture consisting of Torres Advanced Enterprise Solutions, LLC (Torres AES), Sallyport Global (Sallyport), and Blue Hackle North America (BHNA). Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, Award Notification, at 1. Under the WPS program, all IDIQ contractors are required to hold top secret facility clearances. Contracting Officer's Statement at 1. According to the agency, all three of the TI JV members would each have to have a top secret facility clearance in order for TI JV to be issued a top secret facility clearance. Id.

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