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B-417333 1 (2019-03-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvsu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Decision The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. The entire decision is now authorized for public release. Matter of: Oppenheim Management, LLC File: B-417333 Date: March 26, 2019 Robert C. MacKichan, Jr., Esq., and Gordon Griffin, Esq., Holland & Knight, LLP, for the protester. Julie A. Holvik, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest allegations that, on the face of protester's submissions, fail to present factually and legally sufficient bases for protest are dismissed. 2. Post-closing-date protest that challenges the necessity for a solicitation requirement is dismissed as untimely. DECISION Oppenheim Management, LLC, of Brooklyn, New York, protests the General Services Administration's (GSA) exclusion of Oppenheim's proposal from further consideration in a procurement, conducted pursuant to request for lease proposals (RLP) No. 7PA2333, to provide leased space for the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Oppenheim asserts that the agency incorrectly determined that Oppenheim's proposal failed to comply with the solicitation's column spacing requirements, and complains that the agency failed to conduct discussions regarding that requirement. Additionally, Oppenheim asserts that exclusion of Oppenheim's proposal lacks a rational basis, since its proposed building is capable of meeting the agency's needs. Protest at 2. We dismiss the protest. BACKGROUND In December 2018, the agency issued RLP No. 7PA2333 to provide leased space for the SSA in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Protest, exh. A, RLP. Among other things, the

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