Summary

Deco Security Services protests the award of a contract under request for proposals (RFP) No. 2003-N-00966, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Public Health Service, to Culpepper & Associates Security Services, Inc. for armed security guard services. Deco argues that the solicitation was latently ambiguous with regard to a staffing requirement, thus leading Deco to propose insufficient staffing hours, which in turn resulted in Deco's elimination from award consideration.

We deny the protest.