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B-290565 1 (2002-08-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaoga0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO ,Accountability * Integrity * Reliability Decision Matter of: Aardvark Keith Moving, Inc. File: B-290565 Date: August 8, 2002 Theodore M. Bailey, Esq., and Johnathan M. Bailey, Esq., for the protester. Kacie A. Haberly, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Linda S. Lebowitz, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably determined that the protester was ineligible for award where information included as part of the protester's proposal indicated that the protester was affiliated with a firm proposed for debarment. DECISION Aardvark Keith Moving, Inc. (AKMI) protests the decision of the General Services Administration (GSA) to reject the firm as ineligible for award under solicitation No. 3FNC-B3-003001-1 for comprehensive furniture management services. AKMI argues that the agency improperly determined that it was ineligible for award based on AKMI's affiliation with a firm proposed for debarment. We deny the protest. AKMI, which was formed on May 21, 2001,' is a small disadvantaged business owned by Ms. Robin Keith. In March 2002, AKMI submitted a proposal in response to the referenced solicitation. As relevant here, AKMI's proposal included a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) report.! The D&B report, dated March 19, 2002, listed two names 'The corporate record from the Office of the Secretary of the State of Texas, which AKMI attached to its protest, shows that the firm was incorporated on this date. 2D&B is an independent reporting service that makes its reports available to the public for evaluating the financial positions of companies. The solicitation required that each offeror, prior to the submission of its proposal, request that D&B complete (continued...)

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