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B-413998 1 (2017-01-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtal0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General ! Accountablity * 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. D e c i s i o n - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: CCE Specialties, LLC File: B-413998 Date: January 18, 2017 Thomas M. Brownell, Esq., and Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the protester. William K. Walker, Esq., Walker Reausaw, for Olgoonik Diversified Services, LLC, an intervenor. John W. Cox, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Young H. Cho, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's prequalification of the awardee for overseas embassy construction projects under the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, as amended (Security Act), is denied where the record shows that the awardee's submissions satisfied the requirements of the prequalification notice. DECISION CCE Specialties, LLC (CCE), of King George, Virginia, challenges the award of a contract to Olgoonik Diversified Services, LLC (ODS), of Anchorage, Alaska, under request for proposals (RFP) No. RFP-SAQMMA-1 6-R-0261, issued by the Department of State for construction services relating to security upgrades for the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq. The protester challenges the agency's decision to prequalify ODS to participate in the procurement. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On March 22, 2016, the agency issued a notice soliciting prequalification submissions from contractors for design-build construction services for the Baghdad embassy compound security upgrades project in Baghdad, Iraq. See Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, Prequalification Notice. The prequalification notice explained that the project would be solicited in two phases. Id. at 1-2. Phase I was the

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