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B-418673.2,B-418673.3,B-418673.4 1 (2020-08-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebou0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO 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 Severson Group, LLC File: B-418673.2; B-418673.3; B-418673.4 Date: August 17, 2020 Matthew E. Feinberg, Esq., Timothy F. Valley, Esq., and Samuel S. Finnerty, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for the protester. Daniel F. Edwards, Esq., Frost, Brown, Todd, LLC, for the State of Hawaii, Department of Human Services, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Ho'opono Services for the Blind, the intervenor. Richard W. Carlile, Esq., and Melissa Martin, Esq., Department of the Navy, 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 In taking corrective action, agency reasonably amended solicitation issued pursuant to the Randolph-Sheppard Act to clarify that the agency will provide priority for the award of the contract to a State licensing agency (SLA) if the SLA submits a quotation that is in the competitive range. DECISION The Severson Group, LLC (Severson), of San Marcos, California, an 8(a) small business concern, protests the corrective action taken by the Department of the Navy, Naval Supply Systems Command, in response to a prior protest filed by Severson with respect to request for quotations (RFQ) No. N0060420Q4005, for mess attendant services. The protester contends that the agency's corrective action of amending the solicitation to clarify the evaluation procedures is unreasonable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued on November 27, 2019, solicited proposals from State licensing agencies (SLA) under the Randolph-Sheppard Act (20 U.S.C. § 107 et. seq.), and 8(a) small business concerns. Agency Report (AR), Exh. 8, RFQ at 1. The Randolph-

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