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 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1998-04-30 monographic deposited born digital 11 p. GA 1.13:B-279083 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-279083 P0b002ee18fd4cf28 f:279083 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-279083 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-279083 B-279083 Comptroller General Decision

1. Protests that task orders improperly exceed the scope of the contracts originally awarded are denied; since relevant language in the solicitation's statement of work sets forth the anticipated services in broad, general, and flexible terms, potential offerors would reasonably have anticipated being asked to perform nearly any type of management support services, including those set forth in these task orders.<p/>2. General Accounting Office declines to invoke the significant issue exception to its timeliness rules where there has recently been a change to the legal framework applicable to the issue presented--the alleged overbreadth of the statement of work in a solicitation for an indefinite-quantity task order contract; as a result, resolution of the issue would have limited application to future procurements and thus is not of widespread interest to the procurement community. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-279083/html/GAOREPORTS-B-279083.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-279083/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-279083.pdf GAO/B-279083 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-279083 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-279083; Ervin and Associates, Inc., B-279083; B-279219, April 30,; Title 41 Section 251et seq. Title 41 Section 253(a)(1)(A) Title 41 Section 253h(b)(3) Title 41 Section 253h(d)(3)(A) Title 41 Section 253j(b) 41 U.S.C. 251et seq. 41 U.S.C. 253(a)(1)(A) 41 U.S.C. 253h(b)(3) 41 U.S.C. 253h(d)(3)(A) 41 U.S.C. 253j(b) Volume 108 Page 3243 108 Stat. 3243 Public Law 103-355