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B-297280 1 (2005-12-15)

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A         G    A    O                                                 Comptroller General
.       Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                       of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548



          Decision


          Matter of: Alluviam LLC

          File:        B-297280

          Date:        December 15, 2005

          Greg Ouzounian for the protester.
          Capt. Joseph V. Fratarcangeli, Department of the Army, for the agency.
          Jacqueline Maeder, Esq. and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Agency properly eliminated protester's proposal from consideration for failure of its
          offered equipment to be included on the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS); although
          inclusion of protester's equipment on the FSS was pending, this was not sufficient
          where solicitation indicated that equipment had to be on the FSS at time of proposal
          submission.
          DECISION

          Alluviam LLC protests the rejection of its proposal under synopsis/solicitation
          No. W9124Q-05-R-EPGDH53, issued by the Department of the Army for commercially
          available equipment to prevent, deter and respond to terrorist attacks. Alluviam's
          proposal was rejected because its equipment was not on the General Services
          Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS).

          We deny the protest.

          The combined synopsis/solicitation, issued August 4, 2005, contemplated the award
          of a fixed-price contract for commercially available equipment for the Department of
          Homeland Security, Office of State and Local Government Coordination and
          Preparedness Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program, to assist smaller
          communities in acquiring equipment to prevent and respond to terrorist attacks. The
          procurement was to be completed in two phases--proposal evaluation (based on
          factors set forth in the solicitation) in phase I and, for the most highly-rated
          proposals, a demonstration of equipment for a panel of subject matter experts in
          phase II. Proposals not selected for phase II demonstrations would be ineligible for
          award. The solicitation stated that Vendors interested in submitting a proposal

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