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B-404885.2 1 (2011-10-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadohz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i G A 0 Comptroller General Acc untabiity * 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. D e c i s i o n ...................................................................................................................... Matter of: Six3 Systems, Inc. File: B-404885.2 Date: October 20, 2011 Jennifer S. Zucker, Esq., Jon W. Burd, Esq., and John R. Prairie, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Capt. Bernal Rodriguez, Department of the Army, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency decision to set aside acquisition for small business competition is denied where record demonstrates reasonable basis for contracting officer's determination that at least two capable small businesses may be expected to submit offers. DECISION Six3 Systems, Inc., of McLean, Virginia, protests the decision by the Department of the Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) to set aside for small business competition request for proposals (RFP) No. W911W4-11-R-0004, for identity intelligence (12) biometrics services. The protester contends that the contracting officer unreasonably determined that two responsible small businesses were capable of satisfying the RFP's requirements at fair market prices. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP at issue contemplates a total small business set-aside, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract under North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code 541690, with a size standard of $7 million. The solicitation identifies the areas to be supported as including program management, 12 resource management, and strategic planning; intelligence analysis, production, and dissemination; forensic-related biometric operations support and production; 12 education and awareness; deployed biometrics and forensics subject matter experts;

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