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Comptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548
Decision
Matter of: International Training, Inc.
File: B-272699
Date: October 2, 1996
Jacob B. Pompan, Esq., Pompan, Ruffner & Werfel, for the protester.
Dennis J. Gallagher, Esq., Department of State, for the agency.
Henry J. Gorczycki, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protester is not an interested party to protest the failure of a contracting agency to
follow sole source acquisition procedures where the solicitation contains restrictive
requirements which render the protester ineligible for award and the protester does
not challenge these restrictive terms.
DECISION
International Training, Inc. protests request for proposals (RFP) No. S-OPRAQ-96-
R-0564, issued by the Department of State for defensive driving training services to
be conducted at the contractor's facility. The protester alleges that the
procurement does not comply with statute and regulations governing sole source
procurements.
We dismiss the protest on the basis that the protester is not an interested party.
The purpose of the training services is to prepare Foreign Service and other
personnel to recognize, avoid, and react to threats and acts stemming from
terrorism ... and other dangerous criminal activity[.] The RFP required the
contractor to provide a training facility that at a location will not exceed an 80
road mile radius from the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC. The RFP also
required that the facility have a road course that includes hills in the road and
natural foliage and/or natural terrain cover and concealment areas... to allow for
realistic surprise ... attack and ambush scenarios. The due date for submission of
proposals was July 22, 1996.
On July 16, International Training protested to our Office alleging that only one
source, BSR, Inc., can satisfy the facility location and road course topography
requirements, and thus the procurement must be conducted as a sole source
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