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B-406885 1 (2012-09-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpcc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General 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. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Katmai Information Technologies, LLC File: B-406885 Date: September 20, 2012 William K. Walker, Esq., Walker Reausaw, for the protester. Capt. Edward Ahn, Department of the Army, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that terms of solicitation for role-players to interact with military forces do not adequately communicate the agency's requirements is denied where the solicitation provides sufficient information on which offerors can compete intelligently and on a relatively equal basis. DECISION Katmai Information Technologies, LLC (Katmai) of Anchorage, Alaska protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. W91247-12-R-0023 issued by the Department of the Army to provide support for mobilization training centers at Fort Dix, New Jersey and Camp Shelby, Mississippi. The protester asserts that the solicitation is flawed because it does not provide essential information for purposes of competing for the agency's requirements. We deny the protest. On May 15, 2012, the Army issued the RFP as a competitive section 8(a) set-aside contemplating the award of up to two requirements-type, labor-hour contracts with a period of performance of 42 months, including optional ordering periods, to provide qualified role-players' to assist with pre-deployment training of National Guard and Reserve units at Fort Dix and Camp Shelby. Prior to their deployment for combat 1 The solicitation identifies three major types of role players: cultural role players, detainee role players, and foreign language speakers. RFP amend. 1, at 13-14.

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