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B-293344.2 1 (2004-03-19)

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United States General Accounting Office                DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Washington, DC 20548                                  The decision issued on the date below was subject to a
                                                      GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been
                                                      approved for public release.

          Decision

          Matter of: Security Consultants Group, Inc.

          File:        B-293344.2

          Date:        March 19, 2004

          Stephen M. Ryan, Esq., and Holly A. Roth, Esq., Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, for the
          protester.
          Joseph J. Petrillo, Esq., and Karen D. Powell, Esq., Petrillo & Powell, for Coastal
          International Security, Inc., an intervenor.
          Aaron T. Marshall, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency.
          Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
          participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Agency's decision to reopen competition, after making award to protester, in order
          to correct solicitation defect (failure to accurately disclose intended weights of
          evaluation factors), was unreasonable where record does not establish a reasonable
          possibility that any offeror was prejudiced by the defect; reopening of competition
          thus did not provide any benefit to the procurement system that would justify
          competitive harm to protester from resoliciting after exposure of protester's price.
          DECISION

          Security Consultants Group, Inc. (SCG) protests the action of the Department of
          Homeland Security (DHS) in canceling a task order awarded to SCG under request
          for proposals (RFP) No. GS-07P-03-FCD-0131, issued by the General Services
          Administration for security guard services in Texas and Oklahoma. SCG asserts that
          the agency erred in reopening the competition to correct a solicitation defect.

          We sustain the protest.

          The RFP sought proposals to furnish security guard services for DHS's Bureau of
          Immigration and Customs Enforcement at various installations in Texas and
          Oklahoma. The solicitation contemplated the issuance of a fixed-price task order
          under the successful vendor's Federal Supply Schedule contract for a base period,
          with 4 option years. Award was to be made on a best value basis, with proposals
          evaluated under four factors--supervision/key personnel, training plan, past

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