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B-415639 1 (2018-02-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadumy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: BICALLIS, LLC File: B-415639 Date: February 1, 2018 Bryan T. Bunting, Esq., and A. Ari Ghosal, Esq., Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP, for the protester. Jon W. van Home, Esq., Law Office of Jon W. van Home, for Daniel Eke and Associates, PC, the intervenor. Dennis J. Gallagher, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Joshua R. Gillerman, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly rejected the protester's proposal is denied where the record shows that the protester's proposal failed to conform to the material terms and conditions of the solicitation. DECISION Bicallis, LLC, of Baltimore, Maryland, protests the rejection of its proposal under request for proposals (RFP) No. SFSIAQ-17-R-0009, issued by the Department of State, Foreign Service Institute (FSI), for the provision of professional services at FSI locations, including the National Foreign Affairs Training Center. The protester, the incumbent contractor, argues that the agency unreasonably rejected its proposal. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on June 20, 2017, as a total set-aside for Historically Underutilized Business Zone concerns, contemplated the award of a contract, for a 1-year base period and four 1-year options, for professional services at multiple FSI locations. RFP at 7-8. The solicitation included Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

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