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          G     A   O                                                  Comptroller General
V   E   Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                        of the United States
  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548



           Decision


           Matter of: Trade Links General Trading and Contracting, WLL

           File:       B-412364.3; B-412364.5

           Date:       July 1, 2016

           Jafer Tanda, for the protester.
           Robin E. Walters, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency.
           Young H. Cho, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
           GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
           DIGEST

           Protest challenging agency's evaluation and selection of lower-rated, lower-priced
           proposal is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation and
           selection were reasonable and consistent with the solicitation.
           DECISION

           Trade Links General Trading and Contracting, WLL (Trade Links), of Ardiya, Kuwait,
           protests the award of a contract to AI-Tahouna AI-Ahliah General Trading and
           Contracting Company, WLL (AI-Tahouna), of Hawally, Kuwait, under request for
           proposals (RFP) No. SP4510-15-R-0004, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency
           (DLA), for equipment repair and maintenance services at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
           Trade Links challenges the evaluation of AI-Tahouna and the source selection
           decision.

           We deny the protest in part and dismiss it in part.

           BACKGROUND

           The RFP,l issued on October 9, 2015 under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
           part 12, contemplated the award of a single, fixed-price and time-and-materials
           contract, with a 12-month base period and two 12-month options. RFP

           1 The solicitation was amended five times. All citations to the solicitation are to the
           final version, as amended on February 23, 2016.

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