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B-297320.2,B-297320.3 1 (2006-01-03)

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         G    A     0Comptroller General
WAN    Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                     of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548


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         Decision


         Matter  of:  Spectrum Security Services, Inc.

         File:        B-297320.2; B-297320.3

         Date:        December 29, 2005

         Timothy H. Power, Esq., for the protester.
         John S. Pachter, Esq., and Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter &
         Allen, PLC, for Ahuska Security Corporation, the intervenor.
         Aaron T. Marshall, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, and Kenneth Dodds,
         Esq., and John W. Klein, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agencies.
         Guy  R. Pietrovito, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
         Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         1. Where  an agency fails to provide pre-award notification of the identity of the
         prospective awardee on a small business set-aside and the awardee is ultimately
         found by the Small Business Administration to be other than small based upon a
         timely size protest filed after award, the agency should terminate the contract and
         obtain the services from a small business offeror.

         2. Protest that awardee's proposal, on its face, shows that the awardee would not
         comply with the solicitation's subcontracting limitation is denied, where the
         solicitation for services provided for the evaluation of base and option requirements
         and the awardee proposed to perform more than 50 percent of the personnel costs of
         the contract, considering the entire contract period.

         3. Protest that agency improperly considered the corporate experience and past
         performance of awardee's proposed subcontractor is denied, where the solicitation
         encouraged offerors to submit such information.
         DECISION

         Spectrum  Security Services, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Ahuska Security
         Corporation under request for proposals (RFP) No. HSCEOP-05-R-00001, issued as a
         small business set-aside by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),
         Department  of Homeland Security, for detention officer and transportation services.
         Spectrum  complains that, as found by the Small Business Administration (SBA),

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