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 1996-12-19 monographic deposited born digital 7 p. GA 1.13:B-274629 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-274629 P0b002ee18fd43974 f:274629 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-274629 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-274629 B-274629 Comptroller General Decision

1. In determining whether a task order under a contract was issued properly, the General Accounting Office (GAO) will look to whether there is a material difference between the contract, as modified by the task order, and the original contract. In determining the materiality of a modification, the GAO considers factors such as the extent of any changes in the type of work, performance period and costs between the contract as awarded and as modified, as well as whether the original contract solicitation adequately advised offerors of the potential for the type of task order issued. <p/>2. The General Accounting Office will consider whether the agency itself has historically procured allegedly "beyond-the-scope" task order services under a separate and independent contract, and whether the agency has previously awarded the requirement on a basis of a different statement of work, such that it appears that the agency itself has viewed the task order services as separable and essentially different in nature from the contract under which the task order was issued. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-274629/html/GAOREPORTS-B-274629.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-274629/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-274629.pdf GAO/B-274629 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-274629 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-274629; Data Transformation Corporation; Title 28 Section 3001 28 U.S.C. 3001 Title 31 Section 3718(b) 31 U.S.C. 3718(b) Title 41 Section 253h(b) 41 U.S.C. 253h(b) Volume 108 Page 3243 108 Stat. 3243 Public Law 103-355