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B-297825 1 (2006-03-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptasnv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Allied Protection Services, Inc. File: B-297825 Date: March 23, 2006 Richard D. Lieberman, Esq., McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, P.C., for the protester. Janet N. Repka, Esq., and Andrew Bramnick, Esq., Department of Defense, for the agency. Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and Christine Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Solicitation requirement that offerors have a secret facility clearance prior to the due date for proposals, and agency's decision that it will not sponsor potential offerors for the required security clearance, do not unduly restrict competition where the record shows that the requirement and the agency's decision not to sponsor are reasonably related to the agency's need to ensure that contract performance begins as scheduled. DECISION Allied Protection Services, Inc. (APS) protests as unduly restrictive the requirement that offerors have a secret facility clearance prior to the due date for proposals, and the refusal of the agency to sponsor potential offerors for that security clearance, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HQ0034-06-R-1005, issued by the Department of Defense (DOD), Washington Headquarters Services, Acquisition and Procurement Office, for guard services for the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA). APS argues that the clearance requirement effectively eliminates APS from competition and asserts that offerors without a clearance should be permitted to submit proposals, with the agency then sponsoring the awardees for the required clearance. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on December 21, 2005, anticipates the award of up to five contracts to provide force protection, security, and law enforcement for DOD activities in the National Capitol Region. According to the agency, the RFP contains standards and

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