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B-409420 1 (2014-04-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqfa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Ac ;tabilty I integrilty I Reiiabikty of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Government and Military Certification Systems, Inc. File: B-409420 Date: April 2, 2014 Leigh Brand, Government and Military Certification Systems, Inc., for the protester. Jana L. Strait, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Frank Maguire, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Challenge to terms of solicitation for recertification audit services is denied where agency adequately explains rationale for restrictive specifications with regard to contractor accreditation. DECISION Government and Military Certification Systems, Inc. (GMCS), protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. W912DQ-14-T-1003, issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for recertification audit services for the Corps' Kansas City District. The protester asserts that the RFP was unduly restrictive of competition and was drafted so as to ensure award to the incumbent contractor. We deny the protest. The RFP was issued on December 11, 2013, with a proposal due date, as extended, of January 21, 2014. RFP at 1; Amendment No. 1, at 1. The RFP was intended to obtain the services of a contractor qualified to perform re-certification of the Kansas City District's previous ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 9001:2008 certification. In this regard, the contractor will provide a team of auditors, including a certified lead auditor, to conduct certification audits. RFP, Statement of Work (SOW) § 1.1, at 8. As originally issued, section 4.1 of the SOW provided as follows: Contractor shall be an accredited ISO 9001:2008 Registrar. RFP, Dec. 11, 2013, at 11. On December 26, GMCS filed an agency protest challenging the RFP as unduly restrictive in that it required the contractor to provide ANSI-ASQ National

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