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B-418539,B-418539.2 1 (2020-06-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebgq0001 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: Ranger American of the Virgin Islands, Inc. File: B-418539; B-418539.2 Date: June 11, 2020 Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Esq., and Todd M. Garland, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for the protester. Kenneth A. Martin, Esq., The Martin Law Firm, PLLC, for Falken USVI, LLC, the intervenor. Bruce James, Esq., and Matthew Lane, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Lois Hanshaw, Esq., and Evan C. Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's conclusion that the awardee was eligible for award as a business residing or primarily doing business within the designated disaster area, as required by the solicitation, and under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5121-5207, is denied where the agency's determination was reasonable, and the record shows that the vendors were treated in a fair and equitable manner. DECISION Ranger American of the Virgin Islands, Inc. (Ranger), of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, protests the award of a contract to Falken USVI, LLC (Falken), a small business of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70FBR220Q00000014, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), for armed guard services across the U.S. Virgin Islands. Ranger contends that the agency improperly evaluated Falken's quotation regarding its eligibility under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act). See 42 U.S.C. §§ 5121-5207. The protester also contends that the agency engaged in unequal discussions. We deny the protest.

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