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B-403335 1 (2010-10-20)

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          G    A     0                                                 Comptroller General
KWn ,  Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                         of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office      DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Washington, DC 20548                                  The decision issued on the date below was subject to a
                                                      GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been
                                                      approved for public release.

          Decision

          Matter  of:  McRae  Industries, Inc.

          File:        B-403335

          Date:        October 20, 2010

          Ruth E. Ganister, Esq., Rosenthal and Ganister, for the protester.
          James J. McCullough, Esq., Steven A. Alerding, Esq., and Brian M. Stanford, Esq.,
          Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, for Wellco Enterprises, Inc., an
          intervenor.
          Lynne Georges, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency.
          Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
          participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest challenging agency's evaluation and selection decision is denied where the
          record shows the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's
          evaluation criteria.
          DECISION

          McRae  Industries, Inc., of Mt. Gilead, North Carolina, protests the award of a
          contract to Wellco Enterprises, Inc., of Morristown, Tennessee, under request for
          proposals (RFP) No. SPM1C1-08-R-0015, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency for
          temperate weather boots for men and women.  The protester argues that the
          agency's evaluation and selection decision were not in accordance with the
          solicitation.

          We deny the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          The RFP  was issued on May 6, 2008 and contemplated the award of a fixed-price
          indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a base year and four 1-year option
          periods. RFP at 4, 15. The RFP incorporated the provision of Federal Acquisition
          Regulation (FAR) § 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone

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