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B-413636.2 1 (2017-04-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtik0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General VA N Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: American Government Services, LLC--Costs File: B-413636.2 Date: April 21, 2017 Joseph C. Steady for the protester. Heather M. Self, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Alexander 0. Levine, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester's request for a recommendation that it be reimbursed its costs of filing and pursuing its protest is denied, where the record shows that the agency did not unduly delay implementing its proposed corrective action after the earlier, and clearly meritorious, protest was dismissed. DECISION American Government Services, LLC (AGS), a small business located in Clarksburg, New Jersey, requests that our Office recommend it be reimbursed the costs associated with filing and pursuing its protest of the award of contract No. AG-3151-C-16-0026 to Na Ali'i Consulting and Sales, LLC, an 8(a) small business located in Honolulu, Hawaii, by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) for project management support. The protester argues that the agency unduly delayed the implementation of its proposed corrective action. We deny the request. BACKGROUND On May 8, 2014, AGS was awarded contract No. D14PC00147 to acquire management consultancy services to assist the USDA Farm Service Agency's (FSA) Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) in the planning and managing of multiple information technology projects. The awarded contract had a base period of 1-year with four 1 -year option periods.