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B-402069,B-402069.2 1 (2010-01-15)

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         G    A   O                                                    Comptroller General
 ,,countabiity * 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 been
                                                     approved for public release.
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         Matter  of:  American  Security Programs, Inc.

         File:        B-402069; B-402069.2

         Date:        January 15, 2010

         James S. Phillips, Esq., Brian C. Caney, Esq., Lewis P. Rhodes, Esq., and Kristine
         Kassekert, Esq., Centre Law Group, LLC, for the protester.
         John W. Polk, Esq., Seth C. Berenzweig, Esq., Stephanie D. Wilson, Esq., and
         Terrence M. O'Connor, Esq., Albo & Oblon, LLP, for Coastal International Security,
         Inc., the intervenor.
         Maria Bellizzi, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency.
         Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         Protest that vendor is ineligible to receive a task order under Federal Supply
         Schedule (FSS) procurement  is sustained where certain required services are outside
         the scope of the vendor's FSS contract.
         DECISION

         American  Security Programs, Inc. (ASP), of Dulles, Virginia, protests the issuance of
         a task order to Coastal International Security, Inc. (CIS), of Lorton, Virginia, by the
         General Services Administration (GSA) under request for quotations (RFQ) No.
         NP9700090888  for construction site security services. ASP alleges that CIS is
         ineligible to receive an order because it does not offer all the services required by the
         RFQ  on its Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract.

         We sustain the protest.

         The RFQ  was issued under Federal Supply Schedule 84, Security Support Services,
         Special Item Numbers (SIN) 246-52, Professional Security/Facility Management
         Services; 246-54, Protective Service Occupations; and/or 246-60 2, Security
         Management   and Support Services. The agency required construction site security
         sufficient to ensure that the finished facility would obtain sensitive compartmented
         information facility (SCIF) accreditation from the Defense Intelligence Agency
         (DIA). The services required under the RFQ included the development and

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