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B-299369 1 (2007-04-12)

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A         G    A    O                                                  Comptroller General
.       Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                       of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548



          Decision


          Matter of: AMS Group

          File:        B-299369

          Date:        April 12, 2007

          Leo Reijnders for the protester.
          Jennifer L. Longmeyer-Wood, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, Immigration
          and Customs Enforcement, for the agency.
          Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General
          Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest that solicitation for security guard services contains inconsistent terms
          regarding required training is denied where solicitation read as a whole provides no
          support for protester's general allegations of impropriety or its allegation that it
          could not prepare a proposal in response to the solicitation.
          DECISION

          AMS Group protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. PIADC-07-01,
          issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs
          Enforcement, for security guard services at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center
          in New York. AlMS contends that the solicitation contains inconsistent training
          provisions which prevented the preparation of its proposal. AMS primarily contends
          that a chart in the RFP that summarizes some training requirements omits the hours
          for additional training requirements called for in the RFP, such as government-
          provided basic training, baton training, and chemical agent spray training.

          We deny the protest.

          The RFP, issued as a small business set-aside on December 6, 2006, contemplates the
          award of a fixed-price contract for security guard services for a base year and four
          1-year option periods. RFP at 1-3. The contractor is responsible for the provision of
          personnel and equipment to meet the agency's requirements, including the training
          of security guards. Id. at 15. The RFP's training requirements are primarily set out in

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