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B-400796.2 1 (2008-12-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadara0001 and id is 1 raw text is: im G A 0Comptroller General WAM Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Hart Security Limited File: B-400796.2 Date: December 16, 2008 Graham Kerr, Hart Security Ltd., for the protester. Scott N. Flesch, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Where solicitation amendment provided that a successful offeror must hold a facility security clearance in order to perform the solicitation requirements, and protester submitted a proposal responding to those requirements, protester's post-closing-date protest challenging the agency's amendment of the solicitation is not timely filed. 2. Even if protest were timely filed, protester's complaint that agency delayed identification of the facility clearance requirement for 6 weeks following initial solicitation publication fails to state a basis for protest. DECISION Hart Security Limited, of Nicosia, Cyprus, protests the actions taken by the Department of the Army, Joint Contracting Command -- Iraq, in connection with the amendment of solicitation No. W91GYO-08-R-0076, which sought security services related to the operation of forward operating base (FOB) Shield in Baghdad, Iraq.' Specifically, Hart protests that the agency failed to advise offerors, early in the procurement process, that an offeror must hold a facility security clearance, and that 'FOB Shield is located in the Rusafa District of Baghdad. The solicitation states that FOB Shield is used as the garrison of International Police Trainers, International Police Liaison Officer, Department of State personnel, the Law and Order Task Force, and coalition forces. RFP, Performance Work Statement, at 54.

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