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B-405238 1 (2011-09-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbyb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: iL G A O Comptroller General fuu 7in LAccountabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: GlobaFone Inc. File: B-405238 Date: September 12, 2011 Julie Kendall for the protester. Timi Nickerson Kenealy, Esq., Peace Corps, for the agency. Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that solicitation is unduly restrictive because it requires satellite telephone numbers for agency personnel and volunteers to remain unchanged is denied where the record establishes that the requirement is reasonably designed to meet the government's needs. DECISION GlobaFone Inc., of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. PC-11-Q-01 issued by the Peace Corps to provide satellite and cellular telephone service to domestic and international staff and volunteers. The protester asserts that the RFP requirement that satellite telephone numbers remain unchanged is unduly restrictive of competition. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on May 9, 2011, with a closing date of June 27, 2011, contemplates the award of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a 1-year base period and four 1-year options. RFP at § B.3. In relevant part, the RFP states as follows: Due to the Peace Corps' critical dependence on Wireless Cellular and Satellite telephone service to support planned emergency response procedures and capabilities, cellular and satellite service must work with existing Government owned equipment. Existing cellular and satellite numbers, which are currently assigned to devices in the field, shall not be changed.

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