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B-410981 1 (2015-04-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrbh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SG 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-410981 Date: April 6, 2015 Keven Barnes, Latvian Connection, LLC, for the protester. Paul Batlan, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Cherie J. Owen, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is sustained where FedBid, acting as the agent for the contracting agency, excluded the protester, a small business, from the competition based on a perceived lack of business integrity, in effect making a negative responsibility determination, without referring the matter to the Small Business Administration under the Certificate of Competency procedures. DECISION Latvian Connection, LLC, of Kuwait City, Kuwait, protests its exclusion from competition under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 691713, issued by the Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, for fabrication and installation of mechanical assist mobile shelving system components. Latvian Connection argues that it has been improperly excluded from competing for this procurement, which is being conducted on behalf of the agency by FedBid, Inc. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The solicitation, issued on December 11, 2014, and set aside for small businesses, sought a contractor to provide fabrication and installation of a high-density mobile shelving system to replace the current steel cantilever shelving at the U.S. Geological Survey's library in Denver, Colorado. Agency Report (AR), Tab 5, RFQ, at 1; see Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 1. The estimated value of the procurement was $95,159. COS at 1. The procurement was conducted through

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