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B-411261 1 (2015-06-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrfb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Government and Military Certification Systems, Inc. File: B-411261 Date: June 26, 2015 Leigh Brand, for the protester. Emilia Muche Thompson, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Young S. Lee, Esq., and Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency failed to provide information necessary to permit the protester to submit a competitive quotation is denied where the agency provided sufficient details in the solicitation and three subsequent amendments to allow vendors to compete intelligently and on a relatively equal basis. 2. Protest that certain solicitation requirements are unduly restrictive of competition is denied where the requirements are reasonably related to the agency's needs in choosing a contractor that will best serve the government's interests. 3. Protest that past performance relevancy criteria is overly restrictive is denied where the agency reasonably limited relevant past performance to those references that relate directly to the services being acquired under the solicitation. DECISION Government and Military Certification Systems, Inc. (GMCS), a small business of Washington, D.C., protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. N66604-15-Q-0515, issued by the Department of Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, for third-party audits of the environmental management system at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWCDIVNPT). GMCS contends that the solicitation does not include sufficient information for it to submit a quotation and argues that certain provisions are unduly restrictive of competition. We deny the protest.

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