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B-419129 1 (2020-10-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebxk0001 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 Decision Matter of: Kathleen N. Cole & Associates, LLC File: B-419129 Date: October 29, 2020 Kathleen N. Cole, for the protester. John B. Alumbaugh, Esq., and Eugene J. Benick, Esq., United States Agency for International Development, for the agency. Evan D. Wesser, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging solicitation's requirement to provide both English and Spanish consultant services to improve supervisory skills for the agency's staff in Peru on the basis that the dual language requirement is unduly restrictive of competition is denied where the agency's requirement is reasonably related to its needs. DECISION Kathleen N. Cole & Associates, LLC, a small business, of Brevard, North Carolina, challenges the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. 72052720000002, issued by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), for consultant services to improve supervisory skills at the agency's Mission in Peru.1 The protester alleges that the requirement for the services to be provided in both English and Spanish is unduly restrictive of competition. 1 The term Mission refers to the USAID body of persons sent to perform a service in a cooperating country. See USAID Automated Data System (ADS), Glossary of ADS Terms, at 165, available at https://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/agency-policy/glossary- ads-terms (last visited Oct. 28, 2020). The USAID Mission in Peru, which is based in the U.S. Embassy Compound in Lima, focuses on strengthening governance to: promote licit livelihoods in coca-growing regions; improve sustainable resource management; and enhance integrity and reduce corruption. See USAID/Peru, Frequently Asked Questions, available at https://www.usaid.gov/peru/frequently-asked- questions (last visited October 28, 2020).

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