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B-413314.4 1 (2017-04-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtjd0001 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 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject I to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been D e c is io n ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~approved for public release--------------------------- Matter of: American Federal Contractors, Inc.--Costs File: B-413314.4 Date: April 24, 2017 Matthew R. Keller, Esq., Jonathan D. Frieden, Esq., and Lars E. Anderson, Esq., Odin Feldman Pittleman PC, for the protester. Jim Caine, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. K. Nicole Willems, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Request for recommendation that protest costs be reimbursed is denied where the agency did not unduly delay taking corrective action and the protest grounds were not clearly meritorious. DECISION American Federal Contractors, Inc. (AFCI), of Reston, Virginia, requests that we recommend that it be reimbursed the reasonable costs of filing and pursuing its protest of the award of a contract to Beacon Associates, Inc., of Bel Air, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HSFLAR-1 5-R-00001, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), for student support services at its Artesia, New Mexico location. We dismissed the protest after the agency advised our Office that it would take corrective action by canceling the solicitation and reissuing it after a review of its requirements. AFCI, the incumbent contractor for these services, argues its protest was clearly meritorious and the agency unduly delayed taking corrective action. We deny the request. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued on August 20, 2015, and sought student support services including student transportation; vehicle support to include dispatching, scheduling, maintenance, and minor repair; driver training support; firearm training support; training equipment and uniform issue; provision of a recreation specialist; training and