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B-414561.2,B-414561.4 1 (2017-01-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadufd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Kompania e Sigurimeve Eurosig Sh.a File: B-414561.2; B-414561.4 Date: January 9, 2018 Agena Stratoberdha, for the protester. Dennis J. Gallagher, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest of delay in publicizing contract award on FedBizOpps website is dismissed as legally insufficient because delay in posting award notice is a procedural defect that does not affect the validity of the contract award. 2. Protest challenging agency's negative responsibility determination is denied where protester fails to show that agency acted in bad faith or that determination was unreasonable in light of firm's overall financial posture. DECISION Kompania e Sigurimeve Eurosig Sh.a, of Pristina, Republic of Kosovo, protests the award of a contract to SIGMA Interalbanian Vienna Insurance Group J.S.C. Kosovo, also of Pristina, Republic of Kosovo, under request for proposals (RFP) No. SKV42017R0003, issued by the Department of State (DOS) for health insurance services. Eurosig asserts that the agency unreasonably found the company to be nonresponsible, and therefore ineligible for award. We dismiss the protest in part and deny the protest in part. BACKGROUND The agency issued the solicitation on January 19, 2017, seeking proposals for health insurance services for the locally hired employees of the U.S. mission in Kosovo. Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, RFP, at 1, § B. 1. The RFP contemplated the award of a requirements contract under which the agency would issue fixed-price task orders, for a base year and four option years. Id. §§ B.2.2, B.2.8. Pursuant to the solicitation, the

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