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B-413854 1 (2016-12-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadswg0001 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: T. S. Marshall & Associates, Inc. File: B-413854 Date: December 15, 2016 T.S. Marshall, T.S. Marshall & Associates, Inc., for the protester. Beth Sturgess, Esq., Mark A. Allen, Esq., Eric Crane, Esq., and Joshua Kranzberg, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Scott H. Riback, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency unreasonably found the protester's quotation technically unacceptable is denied where the record shows that protester proposed items that were not included on its Federal Supply Schedule contract. DECISION T.S. Marshall & Associates, Inc., of Seattle, Washington, protests the issuance of a task order to Beacon Training Services, Inc., of Richardson, Texas, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSSCCG-16-Q-00145, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), for a series of workforce development seminars. T.S. Marshall argues that the agency improperly found its quotation technically unacceptable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The solicitation was issued as a small business set-aside on June 29, 2016, to holders of Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts under Special Item Number 874-4, Training Services. RFQ at 1. Under the FSS contracts, vendors may offer commercially-available off-the-shelf training courses and/or professional services in support of the development of new courses or subject matter. Contracting Officer's Statement at 2; Agency Report (AR), exh. 7, Professional Service Schedule, at 35. The RFQ contemplated the award of a fixed-price task order for a series of seminars for USCIS employees. The required seminars to be provided are:

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