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B-412495.2 1 (2016-03-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsbi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SGAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: File: Date: Comptroller General of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WorldWide Language Resources, Inc. B-412495.2 March 23, 2016 James S. DelSordo, Esq., James S. Phillips, Esq., and Julie M. Nichols, Esq., Argus Legal, PLLC, for the protester. Capt. Matthew A. Freeman, and Scott N. Flesch, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and Cherie J. Owen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that requirement for relevant past performance is vague because solicitation does not specifically define complexity and magnitude is denied where solicitation provides details regarding performance that will be required. 2. Protest that agency should be required to provide locations where linguists in Afghanistan have been located in the past is denied where information is not required in order for offerors to propose a plan to distribute management personnel. 3. Protest that solicitation's evaluation scheme improperly fails to consider cost of Defense Base Act (DBA) insurance in total evaluated price is denied where agency reasonably believed that excluding the cost of DBA will promote competition. DECISION WorldWide Language Resources, Inc., of Fayetteville, North Carolina, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. W91 1W4-15-R-0021, issued by the Department of the Army, Intelligence and Security Command, for interpretation and language services. We deny the protest.

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