United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1996-11-25 monographic deposited born digital 10 p. GA 1.13:B-274175 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-274175 P0b002ee18fd4a80f f:274175 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-274175 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-274175 B-274175 Comptroller General Decision

1. Protest that two sole source awards--one via a contract, one via a modification to an existing contract--are improper and result from poor planning on the part of the agency is denied where the record shows that the agency: (1) properly justified its use of sole source authority; (2) was not responsible for the delay that occurred due to high-level political intervention in the procurement; and (3) limited the amount of the purchases to a quantity reasonably calculated to extend to the beginning of deliveries under a new contract to be awarded using full and open competition.<p/>2. Request for recommendation that protester be permitted to recover reasonable costs associated with pursuing an earlier protest is denied where the record shows that the protest in that case was rendered academic by a change in statute, not by agency corrective action. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-274175/html/GAOREPORTS-B-274175.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-274175/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-274175.pdf GAO/B-274175 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-274175 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-274175; Datacom, Inc.--Protests and Request for Costs; Title 10 Section 2304(a)(1)(A) Title 10 Section 2304(c)(1) Title 10 Section 2304(c)(2) Title 10 Section 2304(e) Title 10 Section 2304(f)(1)(A) Title 10 Section 2304(f)(1)(C) Title 10 Section 2304(f)(5)(A) 10 U.S.C. 2304(a)(1)(A) 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(2) 10 U.S.C. 2304(e) 10 U.S.C. 2304(f)(1)(A) 10 U.S.C. 2304(f)(1)(C) 10 U.S.C. 2304(f)(5)(A) Public Law 104-208