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B-421465.3 Jul 06, 2023 1 (2023-07-06)

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT   ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
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
                                           a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                           been approved for public release.


Matter of:   RKE  Contractors

File:        B-421465.3

Date:        July 6, 2023

Peter B. Ford, Esq., Katherine B. Burrows, Esq., and Lauren R. Brier, Esq., Piliero
Mazza  PLLC, for the protester.
Kimberly L. Cohen, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency.
Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Agency  reasonably concluded that protester's proposal failed to comply with the
solicitation's requirements; determined that the proposal was not among the most highly
rated; and eliminated the proposal from further consideration.
DECISION

RKE  Contractors, of Dexter, Missouri, protests the rejection of RKE's proposal by the
Department  of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP),
pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. 70B01 C22R000001113, to provide border
infrastructure and technology. Protest at 1.1 RKE challenges the agency's
determination that RKE's proposal failed to comply with the solicitation's requirements.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On  December  20, 2022, the agency issued the RFP, seeking proposals to provide
border infrastructure and technology along the southern border of the United States.2

1 Page number  citations in this decision refer to the Adobe PDF page numbers in the
referenced documents.

2 More specifically, the solicitation stated that the agency seeks to contract for design
and construction of border infrastructure and border infrastructure technology

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