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B-422275 Apr 01, 2024 1 (2024-04-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqcq0001 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: TLS Joint Venture, LLC File: B-422275 Date: April 1, 2024 Adam K. Lasky, Esq., Erica L. Bakies, Esq., and Bret C. Marfut, Esq. Seyfarth Shaw LLP, for the protester. Justin V. Briones, Esq., Department of the Navy and Albert G. Courie, III, General Services Administration, for the agencies. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is sustained where the solicitation incorporated Federal Acquisition Regulation provision 52.204-7 and required compliance with all applicable regulations for offerors to be eligible for award, and the record demonstrated that the awardee's registration in the System for Award Management lapsed between the close of the solicitation period and award of the contract. DECISION TLS Joint Venture, LLC, of Grovetown, Georgia, protests the award of a contract to Silas Frazier Realty, LLC (SFR), of Atlanta, Georgia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N001 6723R001 4, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, for custodial services. TLS argues that SFR was ineligible for award because its registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) lapsed prior to award. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND On August 7, 2023, the Navy issued the RFP to procure custodial services at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Maryland. Agency Report (AR) Tab C, RFP at 20. The RFP contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract to be performed over a 1-year base period and four 1-year option periods. Id.

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