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B-411682,B-411682.2 1 (2015-09-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrmh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Argus International Risk Services, LLC File: B-411682; B-411682.2 Date: September 25, 2015 Jon Snyder, Argus International Risk Services, LLC, for the protester. Denise A. McLane, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, and Amy A. Cook Esq., General Services Administration, for the agencies. Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging awardee's eligibility for blanket purchase agreement is denied where record shows that awardee's quotation complied with the solicitation requirements. 2. Protest against agency's evaluation of realism of awardee's labor rates is denied where record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Argus International Risk Services, LLC, of Stuart, Florida, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with The Cogar Group, Ltd., of Falls Church, Virginia, by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Protective Services (FPS), under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSHQE4-15-Q- 00002 for protective security officer services in South Florida. Argus alleges that Cogar was ineligible for award and that the agency's evaluation of quotations was unreasonable in various respects. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On April 17, 2015, and pursuant to the procedures set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4, the agency issued the solicitation as a total small business set-aside to vendors holding contracts under General Services

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