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B-409543 1 (2014-06-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqib0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Latvian Connection, LLC File: B-409543 Date: June 2, 2014 Keven L. Barnes, Latvian Connection, LLC, for the protester. Stephanie B. Magnell, Esq., and Scott N. Flesch, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Where agency has provided extensive justification for a sole-source award, protester's general allegations of fraud and bad faith provide no basis for sustaining the protest. DECISION Latvian Connection, LLC protests the Department of the Army's proposed sole-source award of a contract to Tapestry Solutions pursuant to solicitation No. W91 B4N-14-R-7002 for satellite in-transit visibility (ITV) tracking services for trucking shipments in Afghanistan. Among other things, Latvian asserts that the sole-source award is unwarranted. Protest at 2. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency states that there is an ongoing requirement to track, via satellite, the movement of military equipment and supplies moving on civilian transportation assets throughout Afghanistan. The agency further notes that failure to perform this requirement creates the potential for loss of assets and degradation of U.S. forces as they depart from Afghanistan, as well as the potential to inadvertently supply the enemy. Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, Contracting Officer's Statement, at T 7. Tapestry Solutions is the incumbent contractor for these requirements, and the

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