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B-408067.3 1 (2013-08-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpuj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller General ity * Integrity * Rellability 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. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: Insect Shield Manufacturing, LLC File: B-408067.3 Date: August 8, 2013 Ruth E. Ganister, Esq., Rosenthal and Ganister, LLC, for the protester. Victor Kubli, Esq., for Pine Belt Processing, Inc., an intervenor. William Robinson, Esq., and Pawandeep K. Chatha, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that an agency improperly evaluated offerors' proposals under the past performance factor is denied where the agency reasonably considered the relevance of the offerors' respective past performance. DECISION Insect Shield Manufacturing, LLC, of Greensboro, North Carolina, protests the award of a contract to Pine Belt Processing, Inc., of Stonewall, Mississippi, under request for proposals (RFP) No. CT2114-13, issued by the Department of Justice, Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (UNICOR), for permethrin treatment for Army combat uniforms.1 Insect Shield challenges the agency's evaluation of proposals and the selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued as a small business set-aside under the streamlined commercial acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 12.6, provided for the award of one or more fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts for permethrin treatment for Army combat coats and trousers for a 3-year period. 1 Permethrin treatment is an application of insect repellant to garments. Protest at 2.

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