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B-420161 Dec 15, 2021 1 (2021-12-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaomnr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo- U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE G A O A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Vedetta 2 Mondialpol S.p.A. File: B-420161 Date: December 15, 2021 Elena lazzoni, Esq., Studio Legale Elena lazzoni, for the protester. Major Weston E. Borkenhagen, Captain Timothy M. McLister, Andrew J. Smith, Esq., and Gregory O'Malley, Esq., Department of the Army, 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 1. Protest that the agency unreasonably found the protester's proposal unacceptable under the key personnel factor is denied where the protester fails to show that the agency's evaluation is unreasonable or inconsistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest that the evaluation was tainted by unclear solicitation terms is dismissed where the solicitation's language is not patently ambiguous, and the protester did not protest the terms of the solicitation for lack of clarity or for ambiguity until after the closing time for receipt of proposals. DECISION Vedetta 2 Mondialpol S.p.A., of Como, Italy, protests the award of a contract to CIVIS S.p.A. of Vicenza, Italy under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912PF-21-R-0002, issued by the Department of the Army for non-personal armed security guard services. Vedetta argues, first, that the agency unreasonably evaluated its proposal as unacceptable, and second, that the solicitation did not describe the agency's requirements with sufficient clarity, even as amended. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On March 23, 2021, the agency issued the RFP pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation parts 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Items) and 15 (Contracting by

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