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B-418427.7 1 (2020-12-11)

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GAO 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:  Barbaricum, LLC

File:       B-418427.7

Date:       December  11, 2020

David Y. Yang, Esq., Amy C. Hoang, Esq., and Sarah F. Burgart, Esq., K&L Gates LLP,
for the protester.
Joshua A. Mullen, Esq., Darwin A. Hindman III, Esq., and Rachael C. Haley, Esq.,
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, for F3EA, Inc., the intervenor.
Debra J. Talley, Esq., and Andrea K. R-Ferrulli, Esq., Department of the Army, for the
agency.
Lois Hanshaw, Esq., and Evan C. Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's rejection of the protester's proposal as technically
unacceptable is denied where the proposal failed to meet a material solicitation
requirement.
DECISION

Barbaricum, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) of
Washington, D.C., protests the award of a contract to F3EA, Inc., an SDVOSB of
Savannah, Georgia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W900KK-19-R-0078, issued
by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Materiel Command, for training support
services. Barbaricum challenges the agency's evaluation of past performance and
technical proposals.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On October 30, 2018, the agency issued the solicitation as a set-aside for SDVOSBs
pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 15, Contracting by Negotiation.
Agency  Report (AR), Tab 3, RFP at 2, 58. The RFP contemplated the award of an
indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with an ordering ceiling
of $245,000,000. Id. at 2.

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