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B-415552.4 1 (2018-08-01)

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GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                             of the United States
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                                             DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                           The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                                   a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                           been approved for public release.


Matter of:   US21, Inc.

File:        B-415552.4

Date:        August 1,2018

Christopher R. Shiplett, Esq., Randolph Law, PLLC, for the protester.
Lori Ann Lange, Esq., and Nick R. Hoogstraten, Esq., Peckar & Abramson P.C., for
United Capital Investment Group, Inc., the intervenor.
Howard M. Kaufer, Esq., and Matthew Vasquez, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for
the agency.
Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Challenge to the evaluation of the protester's proposal as unacceptable is denied
where the agency reasonably found that the protester failed to provide required
information during discussions.

2. The protester's failure to provide required information did not concern a matter of
responsibility, and the agency was therefore not required to refer the matter to the Small
Business Administration for a Certificate of Competency determination.
DECISION

US21, Inc., a small business, of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to
United Capital Investment Group, Inc. (UCIG) of McLean, Virginia, by the Defense
Logistics Agency (DLA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. SP0600-17-R-021 1, for
delivery of fuels in the Kingdom of Jordan. US21 argues that the agency unreasonably
found its proposal unacceptable and that the agency failed to refer the matter to the
Small Business Administration (SBA) for a Certificate of Competency (COC)
determination.


We deny the protest.

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