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B-416035 1 (2018-05-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduqg0001 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 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: American Relocation Connections, LLC File: B-416035 Date: May 18, 2018 Bret S. Wacker, Esq., and Emily J. Baldwin, Esq., Clark Hill PLC, for the protester. Kimberly L. Cohen, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's decision not to set a solicitation aside for small businesses is dismissed for failure to state a valid basis of protest because set-asides under the Federal Supply Schedule are discretionary. 2. Mandatory set-aside requirements for veteran-owned businesses under the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 apply only to procurements conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs. DECISION American Relocation Connections, LLC (ARC), of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the decision by the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency, not to set aside request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70B05C1 8Q00000021 for small businesses. The protester argues that the agency was required to set aside the solicitation, which anticipates the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) under the General Services Administration's (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), for small businesses. The protester also argues that the agency's market research and decision not to set aside the RFQ were unreasonable. We dismiss the protest. BACKGROUND CBP issued the solicitation on January 19, 2018, seeking quotations to provide employee relocation services. Agency Report (AR), Tab 7, RFQ, at 1. The services include assistance for employees with home sales, move management, transportation

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