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B-421884,B-421884.2 Nov 17, 2023 1 (2023-11-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaopnj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States 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: Jensen Promotional Items, Inc. File: B-421884; B-421884.2 Date: November 17, 2023 Ruth E. Ganister, Esq., Rosenthal and Ganister, LLC, for the protester. Gregory Mathews, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Michael P. Price, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation of proposals and exclusion of the protester's proposal from the competition is denied where the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation, and where patent ambiguities in the solicitation were not challenged prior to the due date for receipt of proposals. DECISION Jensen Promotional Items, Inc., a small business of Chesapeake, Virginia, protests the exclusion of its proposal from the competition conducted under request for proposals (RFP) No. SPE1 C1-23-R-0063, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for berets for military service member uniforms. The protester contends that the agency improperly eliminated its proposal from further consideration under the procurement. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On May 17, 2023, DLA issued the RFP pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation parts 12 and 15, seeking proposals for military service member berets. Agency Report (AR), Exh. 1, RFP at 1, 64, 70; Contracting Officer's Statement and Memorandum of Law (COS/MOL) at 3.1 The RFP was set aside for small businesses and contemplated 1 The RFQ was amended two times for minor changes and to extend the deadline for receipt of proposals. COS/MOL at 4. All citations to page numbers refer to the Adobe PDF page numbers unless otherwise indicated.

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