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B-412101.2 1 (2016-03-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsct0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: InGenesis, Inc. File: B-412101.2 Date: March 28, 2016 Edward J. Tolchin, Esq., Offit Kurman, for the protester. Richard J. Webber, Esq., and Patrick R. Quigley, Esq., Arent Fox LLP, for the intervenor. Douglas J. Becker, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, for the agency. Lois Hanshaw, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency improperly exercised an option under another vendor's existing contract is denied where the agency reasonably determined that exercising the option was the most advantageous means of satisfying the agency's needs. DECISION InGenesis, Inc., of San Antonio, Texas, protests the exercise of an option to extend services under contract No. HSCEDM-1 5-C-00004 awarded to Maxim Health Care Services, Inc. (Maxim), of Columbia, Maryland, by the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for medical services at the South Texas Family Residential Facility (STFRF), a detainment facility for undocumented immigrant women and children in Dilley, Texas. InGenesis contends that the agency failed to follow applicable regulations in exercising the option. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On July 16, 2012, ICE awarded contract No. VHSCECR-12-F-00048 (Contract 048) to InGenesis for medical staffing and support services for undocumented immigrants at various locations in the United States for a 320-day base period and four 12-month option periods. AR, Tab 7, InGenesis Contract 048, at 1, 6.

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