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B-417965 1 (2019-11-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeagb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Patriot First Professional Services, Inc. File: B-417965 Date: November 21, 2019 Brian L. Grossman, Esq., Shipkevich PLLC, for the protester. David W. Altieri, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Jacob M. Talcott, and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's refusal to extend proposal deadline is denied when agency's refusal was reasonable. DECISION Patriot First Professional Services, Inc., of Staten Island, New York, protests the agency's failure to extend the due date for proposals following an amendment to the solicitation, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C24219R01 09, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for residential housing services for veterans at the Northport VA Medical Center in New York. Patriot contends that the denial of its extension request was unreasonable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On August 5, 2019, the VA issued the solicitation, on an unrestricted basis, under the procedures of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 12 and 15. Memorandum of Law, exh. 2, RFP at 5. The solicitation sought residential housing services for homeless veterans on-site at the Northport VA Medical Center in Northport, New York, and required that the contractor provide room and board, food service, laundry service, therapeutic and rehabilitative services, and case management for identified veterans. Id. at 10-13. The solicitation anticipated award of a fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. Id. at 91. The due date for proposals was September 6, 2019, at 3:30 pm EST. Id. at 1.

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