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B-409655.2 1 (2014-08-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqne0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller General ity * Integrity * Rellability 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. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: Chandler Solutions, LLC File: B-409655.2 Date: August 13, 2014 Joseph A. Whitcomb, Esq., Whitcomb Law, for the protester. Jeffrey B. Salter, JDR Unlimited, LLC, the intervenor. Erik Claudio, Esq., and Nathaniel J. Greeson, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly evaluated awardee's quotation as acceptable under requirement that vendor submit official documentation that it had applied for corporate armed guard license is denied where agency waived requirement that documentation be official, and accepted awardee's representation that it had applied for license because waiver of requirement for official documentation did not prejudice protester. DECISION Chandler Solutions, LLC, of Seattle, Washington, a small business, protests the award of a contract to JDR Unlimited, LLC, of Melbourne, Florida, by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSFE1 0-14-Q-0003 for armed guard services at the Federal Regional Center, in Bothell, Washington, and the Northview Corporate Center, in Lynnwood, Washington. Chandler argues that FEMA misevaluated JDR's quotation as acceptable, and challenges the contracting officer's determination that JDR is responsible. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND FEMA issued the RFQ on November 26, 2013, seeking quotations to provide commercial armed guard services for a base year and up to 4 option years. RFQ at 1, 13. The RFQ, set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses

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