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B-420959.6 Mar 31, 2023 1 (2023-03-31)

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               G   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 version has been
                                        - - - - - - approved for public release.


Matter of:  Loyal Source Government  Services, LLC

File:       B-420959.6

Date:       March  31, 2023

Samuel  B. Knowles, Esq., Thomas E. Daley, Esq., Christie M. Alvarez, Esq., and David
R. Lacker, Esq., DLA Piper LLP (US), for the protester.
Kimberly L. Cohen, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency.
Kyle E. Gilbertson, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest of solicitation amendment is denied where the record shows that the agency's
action was reasonable and within the scope of the announced corrective action notice.
DECISION

Loyal Source Government Services, LLC (Loyal Source), of Orlando, Florida, protests
the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70B03C22Q00000081, issued by the
Department of Homeland  Security, United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
for medical screening services. The protester argues that the terms of an amendment,
issued as part of the agency's corrective action in response to previous protests, are
inconsistent with applicable procurement law and the scope of the agency's announced
corrective action.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The agency issued the RFQ on August 3, 2022, to holders of the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) Contract 621 I, Professional and
Allied Healthcare Staffing Services, pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4. Agency Report (AR), Tab 7, RFQ amend. A06 at 1-2.1

1 Citations to page numbers for documents in the agency report are to the Adobe PDF
page numbers.  The agency amended  the RFQ eleven times. References to the RFQ
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