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B-418616 1 (2020-07-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebhs0001 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: Ranger American of Puerto Rico, Inc. File: B-418616 Date: July 2, 2020 Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Esq., and Todd M. Garland, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for the protester. Matthew Lane, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Kasia Dourney, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging an agency's decision to set aside the procurement for small businesses is denied where the agency had a reasonable expectation that proposals would be received from at least two responsible small business concerns, and award would be made at a fair market price. DECISION Ranger American of Puerto Rico, Inc., of San Juan, Puerto Rico, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. 70FBR220R00000007, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for security guard and patrol services to be performed in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The protester, a large business, contends that the agency improperly issued the solicitation as a total small business set-aside. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on February 22, 2020, sought proposals for armed security guard services at sites and facilities within a declared disaster area in Puerto Rico.' Agency 1 On January 16, 2020, after the devastating earthquake on January 7, a major disaster declaration (DR-4473-PR) was issued for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) T 2. These armed security guard services (continued...)

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