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B-413004,B-413004.3,B-413004.4 1 (2016-07-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsju0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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. D e c i s i o n - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: The COGAR Group, Ltd. File: B-413004; B-413004.3; B-413004.4 Date: July 22, 2016 Robert K. Tompkins, Esq., Leila S. George-Wheller, Esq., and Elizabeth N. Jochum, Esq., Holland & Knight, LLP, for the protester. Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., Thompson Coburn LLP, for the intervenor. Timothy Lorenzi, Esq., and Denise A. McLane, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Paula J. Haurilesko, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency improperly implemented a solicitation provision that permitted the contracting officer to limit the number of proposals that were evaluated is denied, where the agency complied with the terms of the provision and inclusion of the provision was not protested prior to the closing date for receipt of proposals. DECISION The COGAR Group, Ltd., of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Patronus Systems, Inc., of Melbourne, Florida, by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Protective Service, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HSHQWA-15-R-00002, for professional security services. COGAR challenges the agency's failure to evaluate the firm's proposal and the agency's evaluation of the awardee's proposal. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued as a set-aside for small business concerns under Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 12, acquisition of commercial items, provided for the award of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for professional security services to be performed at various federally-owned, leased, or occupied facilities in

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