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B-417991,B-417991.2,B-417991.3 1 (2019-12-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeanl0001 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has 1been approved for public release. Matter of: Vetterra, LLC File: B-417991 ; B-417991.2; B-417991.3 Date: December 29, 2019 Tom Porto, The Popham Law Firm, PC, for the protester. Azine Farzami, Esq., Rural Development Administration, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency improperly exercised option to extend services filed more than 10 days after agency informed protester of its intent is dismissed as untimely. 2. Protest that order issued under Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) is outside the scope of the BPA is denied where services ordered do not change the nature of the work required and the solicitation effectively advised offerors of the potential for the type of services ordered. DECISION Vetterra, LLC, of Lenexa, Kansas, protests the decision of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to extend, for a period of six months, call order No. 1231 ME18F0072, issued to Clarocity Valuation Services, LLC, of Carlsbad, California, under Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) No. AG-31ME-B-16-0005, for appraisal services. Vetterra asserts that the agency's decision to exercise the option to extend the call order for six months was unreasonable and violates the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Vetterra also argues that the call order that was issued to Clarocity is outside the scope of the BPA. We dismiss in part and deny in part the protest. BACKGROUND The BPA here was established with Valued Veterans, LLC on September 15, 2016, pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. AG-31 ME-S-16-0008. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, BPA at 1. The RFQ provided that the period of performance would be three years from the date of award. AR, Tab 4, RFQ at 1. The RFQ also included

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