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B-407215 1 (2012-11-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpew0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SG A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: TranLogistics, LLC File: B-407215 Date: November 30, 2012 Lily Tran for the protester. Maj. Frank Yoon, 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 Protest that an agency improperly awarded a contract to a firm whose sole owner was a federal government employee is denied where the record shows that the firm's owner was not a federal employee at the time of award or thereafter. DECISION TranLogistics, LLC protests the award of a contract to The Rockhill Group, Inc. under request for proposals No. FA7037-12-R004, issued by the Department of the Air Force for the use, maintenance and support of aircraft required for pilot and intelligence personnel training. TranLogistics contends that Rockhill is owned by a federal government employee. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued as a competitive set-aside for participants in the Small Business Administration's (SBA) section 8(a) program, provided for the award of a contract on a lowest-priced, technically acceptable basis. Previously, Rockhill had received a 1 Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act authorizes the SBA to enter into contracts with government agencies and to provide for performance through subcontracts designed to assist developing small business concerns which are owned and controlled by designated disadvantaged individuals. See 13 C.F.R. Part 124. Department of Defense agencies have been delegated authority to enter into (continued...)

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