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B-412220 1 (2015-12-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrts0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ite d S tate s G o v e rn m e n t A c c o u nta b ility O ff ice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: Phoenix Management, Inc. File: B-412220 Date: December 21, 2015 Johnathan M. Bailey, Esq., and Kristin E. Zachman, Esq., Bailey & Bailey, P.C., for the protester. Michael J. Kraycinovich, Esq., and George P. Farley, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Evan D. Wesser, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the exclusion of the protester's proposal from the competition for failing to comply with material solicitation instructions regarding staffing is denied where the record demonstrates that the agency's noncompliance determinations were reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's instructions. DECISION Phoenix Management, Inc. (PMI), a small business, of Austin, Texas, challenges its exclusion from the competition for a task order under request for proposals (RFP) No. W52P1 J-1 5-R-0047, which was issued by the Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command-Rock Island, for logistics services at Fort Rucker, Alabama, and Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, as part of the Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise (EAGLE) program. PMI argues that the Army unreasonably eliminated its proposal from the competition for allegedly failing to comply with the RFP's minimum labor hour and labor category classification requirements. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued as a small business set-aside and sought proposals from EAGLE basic ordering agreement (BOA) holders for logistics support services, including maintenance, supply, and transportation services at Fort Rucker, Alabama (Rucker North) and Eglin Air Force Base, Florida (Rucker South). RFP at 2. The

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