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B-416719,B-416719.2 1 (2018-11-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvhw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: The Oryza Group, LLC File: B-416719; B-416719.2 Date: November 26, 2018 Christopher R. Shiplett, Esq., Randolph Law, PLLC, for the protester. CPT Jeremy D. Burkhart, LTC Andrew J. Smith, Scott N. Flesch, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging solicitation amendment that required offerors to recertify their small business status at the task order level is denied where recertification requirement was within the agency's discretion and applied equally to all offerors. DECISION The Oryza Group, LLC, of Douglasville, Georgia, protests the terms of task order request (TOR) No. W91247-18-4POK, which was issued by the Department of the Army for sustainment information system (SIS) support for the U.S. Army Reserve Command. Oryza, the incumbent contractor, objects to the solicitation requirement that firms recertify their status as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) at the time of proposal submission. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On June 22, 2018, the Army issued the TOR to holders of Veterans Technology Services 2 (VETS 2) indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) governmentwide acquisition contracts (GWACs) pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 16.5. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, Initial TOR, at 1. The TOR contemplated the issuance of a primarily fixed-price task order for a 1-year base period and two 1-year option periods for SIS support services to include fielding, sustainment, and installation of Army developed SIS hardware and software platforms. Id. at 2; AR, Tab 3.a., TOR Performance Work Statement, at 2. The task order was to be issued to

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