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B-411173.3 1 (2015-07-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrgb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: Task Source/Military Personnel Services Corporation FEPP, LLC File: B-411173.3 Date: July 8, 2015 Steven J. Koprince, Esq., Amanda M. Wilwert, Esq., and Matthew T. Schoonover, Esq., Koprince Law LLC, for the protester. David E. Fletcher, Esq., Christopher K. Kimball, Esq., Thomas 0. Mason, Esq., and Erin Estevez, Esq., Cooley LLP, for Interactive Government Holdings, Inc., an intervenor. Hattie Russell DuBois, Esq., Defense Human Resources Activity; and John W. Klein, Esq., and Sam Q. Le, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agencies. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly failed to refer its decision not to award a contract to the Small Business Administration for consideration under that agency's certificate of competency program is denied where record shows that agency never made a negative responsibility determination with respect to the protester; record shows that the protester was ineligible for award based on a change in the identity of the offeror. DECISION Task Source/Military Personnel Services Corporation FEPP, LLC (Task Source), of Wesley Chapel, Florida, protests the award of a contract to Interactive Government Holdings, Inc. (IGH), of Washington, D.C., under request for proposals (RFP) No. H98210-15-R-0001, issued by the Defense Human Resource Activity (DHRA) to acquire support staff services for the Family Employer Programs and Policy Office, a component of DHRA. Task Source argues that the agency improperly failed to seek a certificate of competency (COC) from the Small Business Administration (SBA) on behalf of the protester in connection with the agency's decision not to award a contract to Task Source. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND

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