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B-294054.3 1 (2004-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapng0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Professional Performance Development Group, Inc. File: B-294054.3 Date: September 30, 2004 John S. Pachter, Esq., and Erin R. Karsman, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter & Allen PLC, for the protester. David T. Copenhaver, Esq., Bureau of the Public Debt, Department of the Treasury, for the agency. Ralph 0. White, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester's challenge to an agency's decision about which vendors under a multiple- award contract will be eligible to compete for which task orders--a decision based on the agency's interpretation of a contract clause that apportions eligibility for the award of task orders among vendors--is not for review by the Government Accountability Office. DECISION Professional Performance Development Group, Inc. (PPDG) protests a decision by the Bureau of the Public Debt, Department of the Treasury, to limit the competition for certain task orders under multiple-award contract No. TPD-04-C-0018 to small disadvantaged and Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small businesses. PPDG argues that, under the terms of the RFP, the agency was required to provide a fair opportunity for all of the multiple-award contract holders (hereinafter, the vendors) to compete for these task orders, rather than limiting eligibility for receipt of these orders to small business vendors. We dismiss the protest. The Bureau of the Public Debt awards contracts on behalf of the Department of the Treasury's nine FedSource branch offices, which operate as part of the Treasury's

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