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B-416239 1 (2018-06-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduve0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O 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: Management and Technical Services Alliance Joint Venture File: B-416239 Date: June 25, 2018 Steven J. Koprince, Esq., Matthew T. Schoonover, Esq., Nicole D. Potroff, Esq., and Shane J. McCall, Esq., Koprince Law, LLC, for the protester. Andrew J. Baker, Esq., and Justin V. Briones, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Solicitation requirement that an offeror possess a facility clearance does not unduly restrict competition where the record shows that the requirement is reasonably related to the agency's needs. DECISION Management and Technical Services Alliance Joint Venture (MTSA), of McLean, Virginia, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. 70RDND-1 8-R- 00000006, issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for financial and program management support services in support of the agency's Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. The protester alleges that the solicitation improperly restricts competition by requiring each offeror to possess a facility clearance prior to award. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued on March 19, 2018, to companies holding one of DHS's Program Management, Administration, Operations (Clerical), and Technical Services II

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