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B-416843 1 (2018-12-26)

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GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                             of the United States
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                                             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:   Global Logistics Providers, LLC

File:        B-416843

Date:        December 26, 2018

Bryant E. Gardner, Esq., and Brooke F. Shapiro, Esq., Winston & Strawn LLP, for the
protester.
Stephen Smith, Esq., and Scott N. Flesch, Esq., Department of the Army, for the
agency.
John Sorrenti, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of protester's proposal is denied where the
record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's
evaluation criteria.
DECISION

Global Logistics Providers, LLC (Global), of Stamford, Connecticut, protests the award
of indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts to four other firms by the
Department of the Army, Regional Contracting Office-Africa, under request for
proposals (RFP) No. W56PFY-1 8-R-0001, for surface distribution services within the
United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM) area of responsibility (AOR). Global
protests that the agency's evaluation ignored parts of its proposal and was
unreasonable.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFP, issued on March 29, 2018, contemplated award of up to four IDIQ contracts
for the surface distribution services. RFP, Amendment 0005, at 2. Under the RFP, the
contractors will be required to provide secure intra-theater surface transportation and
distribution of cargo within all 55 countries of the USAFRICOM AOR and Egypt. RFP
Amend. 0004, Performance Work Statement (PWS) § 1.0. Contractors must provide all
resources to perform the services, including logistics support and management to

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