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B-419481 1 (2021-03-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecnt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: ARCIS International-UNISECUR S.R.L.-RANGERS S.R.L. JV File: B-419481 Date: March 1, 2021 Giuseppe Musilli for the protester. John W. Cox, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency unreasonably evaluated protester's proposal as technically unacceptable is denied where the evaluation was consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable procurement statutes and regulations; allegation that the agency unreasonably excluded protester's proposal from the competitive range is denied where the proposal was reasonably evaluated as deficient under multiple technical factors and subfactors. DECISION ARCIS International-UNISECUR S.R.L.-RANGERS S.R.L. JV, of San Cesareo, Italy, protests its exclusion from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. 9AQMM20R0247, issued by the Department of State (DOS) for local guard services at the United States Mission Italy. ARCIS argues that DOS unreasonably evaluated its proposal, and improperly excluded it from the competitive range.1 We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On September 25, 2020, DOS issued the RFP to procure local guard services for agency personnel and establishments throughout Italy. AR, Tab 2, RFP amend. 3 at 1, 10. The RFP contemplated the award of an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity 1 ARCIS is a joint venture comprised of three firms, ARCIS International, UNISECUR, S.R.L., and RANGERS S.R.L. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, ARCIS Tech. Proposal-- IDIQ at 3.