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B-422517 Jul 17, 2024 1 (2024-07-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqpa0001 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:  Prak Industries, LLC
File:     B-422517
Date:     July 17, 2024
Ruth E. Ganister, Esq., Rosenthal and Ganister, LLC, for the protester.
Joshua A. Mullen, Esq., Christopher Lockwood, Esq., and
Joshua R. Funderburke, Esq., Womble Bond Dickinson LLP, for North Wind Federal
Services, LLC, the intervenor.
William B. Blake, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency.
Raymond Richards, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging the agency's decision to eliminate the protester from the competition
is denied where the agency's decision was reasonably based on the terms of the
solicitation and the contents of the protester's proposal.
DECISION
Prak Industries, LLC (Prak), an Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) of
Camuy, Puerto Rico, protests its elimination from the competition conducted under
request for proposals (RFP) No. 140R1 723R0002, issued by the Department of the
Interior, for janitorial services. The protester argues that the agency misidentified the
offeror of its proposal resulting in its unreasonable elimination from the competition.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
On September 14, 2023, the agency issued the solicitation as a set-aside for ISBEE
concerns under the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12. RFP

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