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B-420959.14 Jun 07, 2024 1 (2024-06-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqmv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO 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:  Loyal Source Government Services, LLC
File:     B-420959.14
Date:     June 7, 2024
Samuel B. Knowles, Esq., Thomas E. Daley, Esq., Christie M. Alvarez, Esq., and David
R. Lacker, Esq., DLA Piper LLP (US), for the protester.
Roger A. Hipp, Esq., and Pavan Mehrotra, 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
1. Protest challenging terms of solicitation is dismissed as academic where agency
proposes to amend solicitation and allow vendors to submit quotations responding to
amended terms.
2. Protest challenging the adequacy of agency's Procurement Integrity Act (PIA)
investigation and mitigation is denied where record shows the agency's actions were
reasonable and consistent with the requirements of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
DECISION
Loyal Source Government Services, LLC (Loyal Source), of Orlando, Florida, protests
the amended terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70B03C22Q00000081, issued
by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Customs and Border
Protection (CBP), for medical screening services. The protester challenges the
solicitation's terms and alleges that the agency has failed to adequately mitigate
procurement integrity violations.
We dismiss the protest in part and deny the protest in part.
BACKGROUND
The agency issued the RFQ on August 2, 2022, to holders of the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) Contract 621 1, Professional and
Allied Healthcare Staffing Services, pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition

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