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B-410448 1 (2014-12-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqzq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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: Engineering Support Personnel, Inc. File: B-410448 Date: December 24, 2014 Kenneth B. Weckstein, Esq., Brown Rudnick LLP, for the protester. Duncan Butts, Esq., Naval Air Systems Command, for the agency. Gary R. Allen, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest based on an alleged violation of the Procurement Integrity Act is denied where the protester has not demonstrated that the agency's actions violated any law or regulation, and has not shown any competitive prejudice stemming from the agency's disclosure of information. DECISION Engineering Support Personnel, Inc. (ESP), of Orlando, Florida, protests the terms of task order request for proposals (RFP) No. N61340-14-R-0027, issued by the Department of the Navy, for contractor operation and maintenance services (COMS) for fire-fighter and damage-control trainers at numerous locations throughout the United States.' RFP, Addendum A, Statement of Work (SOW), at 1. ESP, which is performing COMS support at some of the locations, alleges that the agency violated the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended, 41 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2107 (2011), commonly known as the Procurement Integrity Act (PIA), by disclosing certain information that allegedly is proprietary to ESP.2 Protest at 8-15. 1 The RFP lists the following locations: (1) Mayport, Florida; (2) Norfolk, Virginia; (3) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; (4) San Diego, California; (5) Newport, Rhode Island, and (6) two separate locations at the Great Lakes, Illinois. RFP, SOW, at 1. 2 The agency argues that our Office does not have jurisdiction to consider a protest alleging a PIA violation in the terms of a solicitation. Agency Reply to Protester's Response to Motion to Dismiss at 10; AR at 12. According to the agency, the PIA (continued...)

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