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B-419756 Jul 20, 2021 1 (2021-07-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaolzl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. The entire decision has been approved for public release. Matter of: American International Movers, Inc. File: B-419756 Date: July 20, 2021 William Selinsky, Esq., Whitcomb Selinsky, P.C., for the protester. Colonel Patricia S. Wiegman-Lenz, Erika Whelan Retta, Esq., Nicholas T. Iliff, Esq., Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., Willie J. McAlister, Esq., and Bradley E. Richardson, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Hannah G. Barnes, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging solicitation requirements as unduly restrictive is denied where the record supports the agency's position that the requirement is reasonably necessary to meet the agency's needs. DECISION American International Movers, Inc. (AIM), a small business of Forsyth, Georgia, challenges the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. HTC711-21-R-R009, issued by the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) for the storage of household goods and other personal property of Department of Defense service members, civilians, and their dependents, pursuant to a permanent change of station. AIM argues that the solicitation is unduly restrictive of competition and inaccurately reflects the agency's needs and objectives. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND USTRANSCOM administers the Defense Personal Property Program, the transportation program that the Department of Defense uses for moving and storing the household goods, vehicles, and other personal property of service members, and Department of Defense civilians and their dependents, pursuant to a permanent change of station. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 2.

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