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G a A O Comptroller General
. Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
Decision
Matter of: Armor Group International Training, Inc.
File: B-298401
Date: August 31, 2006
Gerald H. Werfel, Esq., Pompan, Murray & Werfel, PLC, for the protester.
Dennis J. Gallagher, Esq., Department of State, for the agency.
Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging a solicitation's geographic restriction is denied, where the
restriction is reasonably found to be necessary for the agency to meet its needs.
DECISION
Armor Group International Training, Inc. protests the Department of State's notice
that the agency intends to make a sole-source award to BSR, Incorporated for
anti-terrorism driver training services based upon the agency's determination that
BSR was the only known source that was capable of meeting the agency's
requirements, which included a geographic restriction.
We deny the protest.
On May 30, 2006, State published on the Federal Business Opportunities
(FedBizOpps) web-site its intention to negotiate and award, on a sole-source basis,
an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contact to BSR for defensive training
services. These training services are one part of an overall anti-terrorism training
program, which is conducted at the agency's Diplomatic Security Training Center
(DSTC) in Dunn Loring, Virginia. When the driver training services are required
[s]tudents and staff are required to break from their training regimen at
DSTC, travel to the contractor's site, for one to six days of training, and
... then return to the DSTC to continue their course of instruction.
Agency Report (AR), Tab 10, Draft Justification of Minimum Needs, at 2. The
FedBizOpps notice identified a number of minimum requirements, including that the](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptasqi0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)