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B-415988.2 1 (2018-12-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvil0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: OMNIPLEX World Services Corporation File: B-415988.2 Date: December 12, 2018 William F. Savarino, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., and Daniel Strouse, Esq., Cordatis LLP, for the protester. Michael Greene, Esq., Administrative Office of the United States Courts, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging solicitation's requirement relating to background investigations of prospective security guard contractor personnel is denied where record established a reasonable basis for the agency's requirement. DECISION OMNIPLEX World Services Corporation (OWS), of Chantilly, Virginia, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. ADM1 80023, issued by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC) for on-site physical security staff and services at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building (TMFJB) in Washington, D.C. OWS argues that the solicitation is unduly restrictive of competition because it requires contractor personnel to successfully complete a public trust tier 4/high-risk background investigation prior to being able to work on the resulting contract. We deny the protest. The only issue in this protest is whether the agency's requirement for contractor personnel to successfully complete a tier 4/high-risk background investigation is reasonably related to the agency's requirements. In this connection, the RFQ, as amended, provides as follows: The Contractor's on-site personnel (including all subcontractors) shall not report for work at the TMFJB until each has cleared a public trust, tier

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