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B-423208 Jan 22, 2025 1 (2025-01-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaorjq0001 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 Decision Matter of: Worrell Contracting Company, Inc. File: B-423208 Date: January 22, 2025 R. Bruce Thompson, II, Esq., Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein LLP, for the protester. Michelle F. Kantor, Esq., McDonald Hopkins, LLC, for Veterans Choise Services, LLC, the intervenor. Linh Adams, Esq., and Sophia Lee, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Heather Self, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging adequacy of notice provided for solicitation amendment is dismissed as untimely where protest was not filed before the new due date for quotations established by the amendment. DECISION Worrell Contracting Company, Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business of Goldsboro, North Carolina, protests its exclusion from the competition under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C78624Q50310, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for grounds maintenance services. The protester takes issue with its elimination from the competition resulting from Worrell's failure to acknowledge an RFQ amendment that the protester maintains provided inadequate notice and insufficient time for response. We dismiss the protest. BACKGROUND On August 27, 2024, using the commercial item and simplified acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6 and part 13, the agency issued the solicitation seeking quotations for grounds maintenance services at the Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Agency Resp. to Intervenor's Req. for Dismissal (Agency Resp.) at 1-2; Agency Resp. attach. 1, Contracting

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