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B-411513.2 1 (2015-10-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrnx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: f\ G A Comptroller General ~ty * Integrity * Rel lability 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: AmeriGuard Security Services, Inc. File: B-411513.2 Date: October 2, 2015 Johnathan M. Bailey, Esq., Bailey & Bailey, PC, for the protester. Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., Thompson Coburn LLP, for Paragon Systems, Inc., the intervenor. Richard Bergeron, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Frank Maguire, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that vendor did not have ordered items on its Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract is denied where items were added to its FSS contract via a modification that was effective by the time of the FSS order. DECISION AmeriGuard Security Services, Inc. (AmeriGuard), of Fresno, California, protests the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) issuance of a task order to Paragon Systems, Inc. (Paragon), of Herndon, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 15-233-SOL-001 30, for guard services. AmeriGuard primarily asserts that Paragon's quotation was unacceptable because not all of the services quoted were on Paragon's Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) schedule contract by the time required. AmeriGuard also challenges the evaluation of its quotation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ was issued on March 3, 2015, via the General Services Administration's (GSA) e-Buy portal, to all qualified firms holding FSS contracts under GSA Schedule 84, SIN 246-54, for Protective Service Occupations. The RFQ seeks to procure security guard services at HHS facilities in Maryland, Alabama, California, and Massachusetts. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, RFQ, at 5. AmeriGuard is the incumbent contractor. Under the RFQ, award was to be made on a best-value

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