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A G A O Comptroller General
. Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a
GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been
approved for public release.
Decision
Matter of: WorldWide Language Resources, Inc.
File: B-297210; B-297210.2; B-297210.3
Date: November 28, 2005
Richard D. Lieberman, Esq., Warren S. Feldman, Esq., and Nicole S. Allen, Esq.,
McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, PC, for the protester.
Alison L. Doyle, Esq, McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, for SOS International, Ltd., an
intervenor.
Clarence D. Long, III, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency.
Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging award for linguistics support services is denied, where agency
reasonably concluded that protester's quotation was technically unacceptable since
the protester's linguists did not meet the requirements of the solicitation.
DECISION
WorldWide Language Resources, Inc. (WWLR) protests the award of a delivery order
to SOS International, Inc. under request for quotations (RFQ) No. FA4416-05-Q-0900
issued by the Department of the Air Force for linguistics support services.
We deny the protest.
The RFQ sought 22 linguists to provide 24-hour, 7-day per week coverage in support
of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), which is responsible for
providing special investigative and counter-intelligence support services to the
United States Air Force. The primary function of the linguists was to furnish
language, dialect, and interpretation services for AFOSI throughout Central and
Southwest Asia in furtherance of the global war on terrorism. Of the 22 linguists
required, 2 were to possess top secret security clearances (either final or interim
clearances) and 20 were to have secret security clearances (which had to be
verifiable [and] final). RFQ, Performance Work Statement (PWS), § § 1.0-1.1.1,
1.2.5.1.2; amend. 1, Q&A 22 and 39. The RFQ also stated that [o]n a case-by-case,
limited basis, interim secret clearances may be accepted by the [contracting officer's
representative]. RFQ, PWS, § 1.2.5.1.2. Linguists were also required to possess a](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptaqzl0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)