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B-409457.2,B-409457.3 1 (2014-07-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqlm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision [e for pic release. Matter of: National Forensic Science Technology Center, Inc. File: B-409457.2; B-409457.3 Date: July 29, 2014 Jeffery M. Chiow, Esq., and Oliya S. Zamaray, Esq., Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, for the protester. Paul F. Khoury, Esq., Tracye Winfrey Howard, Esq., and Laura E. Sherman, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for NEK Services, Inc., an intervenor. Erika L. Whelan Retta, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency misevaluated awardee's proposal is denied where record shows that agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. 2. Protest that awardee's Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract does not include labor categories that encompass the services being acquired is denied where record shows--and General Services Administration twice confirms--that awardee's FSS contract includes labor categories that encompass the services being acquired. DECISION National Forensic Science Technology Center, Inc. (NFSTC), of Largo, Florida, protests the issuance of a task order to NEK Services, Inc., of San Diego, California, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. GSA832871, issued by the U.S. Army Special Operations Command' for instructors and role players to teach courses at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Training Center and 1 Although the acquisition was conducted by the Department of the Army, the Department of the Air Force has represented the agency during the protest.