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        SG    A    O                                                 Comptroller General
      Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability                         of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548



         Decision


         Matter of: Contract Services, Inc.

         File:       B-411153

         Date:       May 22, 2015

         Darcy V. Hennessy, Esq., Leslie A. Boe, Esq., and Jody R. Gondring, Esq.,
         Hennessy, Boe & Gondring, P.A., for the protester.
         Melissa Lloyd, Esq., and Alex M. Cahill, Esq., Department of the Army, for the
         agency.
         Evan D. Wesser, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         Solicitation requirement that an offeror possess a secret facility clearance prior to
         the due date for proposals does not unduly restrict competition where the record
         shows that the requirement is reasonably related to the agency's needs.
         DECISION

         Contract Services, Inc. (CSI), a small business, of Junction City, Kansas,
         challenges the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. W52P1J-14-R-01 54,
         issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Materiel Command, for logistics
         support operations at Fort Riley, Kansas, as part of the Enhanced Army Global
         Logistics Enterprise (EAGLE) program. The protester alleges that the RFP is
         unduly restrictive of competition because it requires possession of a secret facility
         clearance prior to the due date for proposals.

         We deny the protest.

         BACKGROUND

         The RFP, issued as a small business set-aside, sought proposals from EAGLE
         basic ordering agreement (BOA) holders for logistics support services, including

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