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B-404101 1 (2011-01-05)

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         G    A   O                                                    Comptroller General
      Acc untabiity * 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.
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         Matter  of:  Trofholz Technologies, Inc.

         File:        B-404101

         Date:        January 5, 2011
         Steven N. Tomanelli, Esq., for the protester.
         Michael G. McCormack,  Esq., Col. Mark S. Teskey, and Paul H. Blackwell, Jr., Esq.,
         Department  of the Air Force, for the agency.
         Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         Agency's evaluation and selection decision are unobjectionable, where the
         evaluation and the award determination are reasonable and consistent with the
         solicitation's stated evaluation criteria.
         DECISION

         Trofholz Technologies, Inc., of Rocklin, California, protests the award of a contract
         to Spiral Solutions and Technologies, Inc., of Omaha, Nebraska, under request for
         proposals (RFP) No. FA7037-10-R-1001, issued by the Department of the Air Force
         for maintenance and support services for the Air Force Language Portal.

         We  deny the protest.

         BACKGROUND

         The Air Force Language Portal is used to track the training status and capabilities of
         Air Force linguists and to provide online training in foreign languages and cultures.
         The portal provides language and culture materials on unclassified and classified
         (secret and top secret) networks, supporting as many as 50,000 linguists.
         Contracting Officer's (CO) Statement at 2; RFP, Statement of Work (SOW), at 46.

         The RFP, issued as a section 8(a) competitive procurement, provided for the award
         of a contract for a base year and 2 option years for the maintenance and
         enhancement  of the agency's system hardware and for the enhancement of the
         language portal website. SOW at 46-47. The contractor is required to ensure that
         access to the portal is available on 24-hour per day, 365-days per year basis. Offerors

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