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B-419696 Apr 26, 2021 1 (2021-04-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaollk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 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: Active Deployment Systems, Inc. File: B-419696 Date: April 26, 2021 Matthew T. Schoonover, Esq., Matthew P. Moriarty, Esq., John M. Mattox II, Esq., and Ian P. Patterson, Esq., Schoonover & Moriarty LLC, for the protester. Joseph M. Barbato, Esq., and Adam Struble, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the solicitation unreasonably contemplates the establishment of a single blanket purchase agreement and not multiple such agreements is denied where the record shows that the agency's decision was reasonably made in accordance with applicable procurement statutes and regulations. DECISION Active Deployment Systems, Inc. (ADS), of San Marcos, Texas, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70B01 C21 Q00000009, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), for operational supplies and services in support of the agency's Emergency Operations Center. ADS argues that the RFQ unreasonably contemplates the establishment of a single blanket purchase agreement (BPA) instead of multiple BPAs. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On January 29, 2021, CBP issued the RFQ, pursuant to the procedures set forth under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4, to procure turnkey (i.e., immediately usable) portable personal care facilities and shelters, as well as installation, repair, maintenance, water supply, and waste disposal services. Agency Report (AR), Tab R,

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