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B-401024 1 (2009-04-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadavr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,G A O Comptroller General LXn , Accountability * 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. Decision Matter of: Deco Security Services File: B-401024 Date: April 22, 2009 Mark R. Gleeman, Esq., Winthrop & Weinstine, PA, for the protester. Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., and Timothy Sullivan, Esq., Thompson Coburn LLP, for Paragon Systems, Inc., the intervenor. Jennifer Longmeyer-Wood, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In a procurement for the issuance of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) under Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 8.4 procedures for security guard services, protest that the ordering agency failed to evaluate awardee's low fixed price to determine whether the awardee had quoted sufficient relief services is denied, where the solicitation provided that the contractor's plan for providing relief would be provided after issuance of the BPA and thus would not be evaluated. DECISION Deco Security Services of Champlin, Minnesota, protests the issuance of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to Paragon Systems, Inc. of Chantilly, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSCEE3-08-Q-0003, issued by the Federal Protective Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), for armed security guard services in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Deco complains that Paragon's proposed unit prices are too low to perform relief guard services. We deny the protest. The RFQ provided for the establishment of a fixed-unit-price BPA with a 1-year base period and four additional 1-year ordering periods for management, supervision, personnel, materials, supplies and equipment to provide security guard services at federally-owned and leased facilities protected by the Federal Protective Service in Richmond, Roanoke, and Norfolk, Virginia. Vendors were informed that the

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