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B-411142 1 (2015-05-26)

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        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.
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         Matter of:   Planet Depos LLC

         File:        B-411142

         Date:       May 26, 2015

         Robert J. Symon, Esq., Aron C. Beezley, Esq., and Lisa A. Markman, Esq., Bradley
         Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for the protester.
         Ronald Perlman, Esq., Holland & Knight, LLP, for Neal R. Gross & Company, the
         intervenor.
         Patricia S. Grady, Esq., and William J. Erie, Esq., Department of the Treasury, for
         the agency.
         Young S. Lee, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
         participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         Protest challenging agency's decision to set aside an acquisition for historically
         underutilized business zone (HUBZone) small businesses is denied where the
         record shows that the agency reasonably expected that at least two HUBZone small
         businesses would compete for the award and that award would be made at a fair
         and reasonable price.

         DECISION

         Planet Depos LLC, of Washington, D.C., a small business, protests the decision of
         the Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to
         issue request for proposals (RFP) No. CC-1 5-HQ-R-0005, for court reporting and
         stenotype services, as a set-aside for HUBZone small business concerns.

         We deny the protest.

         BACKGROUND

         The OCC's Chief Counsel Information System Group requires support for the
         agency's court reporting and stenotype services. Neal R. Gross & Company, a
         HUBZone small business, is the incumbent contractor. At issue here, is the
         follow-on procurement to Neal R. Gross's expiring contract.

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