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B-416581.2 1 (2019-01-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvkb0001 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: Falken USVI, LLC File: B-416581.2 Date: January 2, 2019 Kenneth A. Martin, Esq., The Martin Law Firm, PLLC, for the protester. Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., John S. Pachter, Esq., Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Esq., and Julia S. Shagovac, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for Ranger American of the VI Inc., the intervenor. Hillary J. Freund, Esq. and Rina Martinez, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Nora K. Adkins, Esq. and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5121 et. seg. is denied where the agency's evaluation was reasonable, and treated the vendors equally. DECISION Falken USVI, LLC, a small business located in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, protests the issuance of a purchase order to Ranger American of the VI Inc., a small business located in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70FBR218Q00000999_01 for security guard services at various U.S. Virgin Island locations. The protester alleges that the agency failed to reasonably evaluate Falken's and Ranger's quotations regarding Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act) eligibility. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 5121 et. seg. The protester also alleges that the agency's Stafford Act eligibility evaluation did not treat vendors equally. We deny the protest.

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