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B-419810.4 Dec 01, 2021 1 (2021-12-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaomlf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Amaze Technologies, LLC--Costs File: B-419810.4 Date: December 1, 2021 Shane J. McCall, Esq., Nicole Pottroff, Esq., Christopher Coleman, Esq., John L. Holtz, Esq., and Kevin B. Wickliffe, Esq., Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC, for the protester. Josephine R. Farinelli, Esq., and Siobhan K. Donahue, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Request for recommendation that agency reimburse the protester's costs associated with filing and pursuing its bid protest is dismissed as untimely where the request was submitted more than three months after the agency's decision to take corrective action. DECISION Amaze Technologies, LLC, of Herndon, Virginia, requests that our Office recommend that the Department of the Air Force reimburse the firm its reasonable costs of filing and pursuing its protest challenging the removal of its proposal from further consideration under fair opportunity proposal request (FOPR) No. FA8773-21-R-8002, for defensive cyberspace operations support services. We dismiss the request as untimely. BACKGROUND The solicitation was issued on January 25, 2021, as an 8(a) set-aside, to holders of the General Services Administration's One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract.1 Contracting Officer's Statement 1 Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. § 637(a), authorizes the Small Business Administration to enter into contracts with government agencies and to arrange for performance through subcontracts with socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns. Federal Acquisition Regulation 19.800. This (continued...)