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B-408982.2 1 (2014-01-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqao0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General r Accountablity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Coyol International Group File: B-408982.2 Date: January 24, 2014 Christopher Oyolokor, Coyol International Group, for the protester. Dennis J. Gallagher, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of agency's refusal to extend date for receipt of proposals because of problems experienced by the protester in accessing the solicitation is denied where the protester waited almost 3 weeks after solicitation was posted on FedBizOpps before first attempting to obtain a copy of the solicitation. DECISION Coyol International Group, of Cheney, Washington, protests the agency's failure to extend the closing date under request for proposals (RFP) No. SAQMMA1 3R0354 issued by the Department of State for security guard services. The protester argues that the agency should have extended the closing date because Coyol had difficulty obtaining a copy of the solicitation. We deny the protest. On May 14, 2013, the agency posted a sources sought notice in FedBizOpps seeking expressions of interest in an anticipated solicitation for local guard services for the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria and the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos, Nigeria. Agency Report (AR) Tab 2, May 14, 2013 FedBizOpps Notice. On June 17, 2013, the agency posted a pre-solicitation notice on FedBizOpps advising potential offerors that they would need to submit a restricted access request in order to access the RFP and associated documents once they were posted. AR Tab 2, June 17, 2013 FedBizOpps Notice. The notice also advised potential offerors that: they would be given approximately 30 days for the preparation of proposals; changes to any dates would be published on FedBizOpps; and a site visit would be

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