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B-274990 1 (1997-01-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafsm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Master Security, Inc. File: B-274990; B-274990.2 Date: January 14, 1997 Robert D. Banfield, Esq., and Paul J. Seidman, Esq., Seidman & Associates, P.C., for the protester. Manuel B. Oasin, Esq., and Harmon Eggers, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Behn Miller, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Modifications to existing requirements contract for security guard services which increased the number of hours and added contract sites were proper since: (1) the solicitation advised offerors that the winning contractor would perform all the agency's security guard requirements in the specified geographic area over a 5-year period; (2) the increase in service hours and locations occurred within the solicitation's specified geographic scope; and (3) the nature and price of the required security guard services were not changed by the modifications and the addition of those requirements therefore would have had no impact on the original competition. 2. Protest challenging modifications to existing contract for security guard services on ground that agency used modifications to improperly add five sites outside the geographic scope of the originally awarded contract is denied where record shows that agency properly acquired services at the five new sites using small purchase procedures. 3. Where record shows that agency had an immediate, critical need for security guard services at a site, but was not in a position to proceed with fully competing the requirement, agency's utilization of small purchase procedures to make interim buys on an as-needed basis was proper. DECISION Master Security, Inc. (MSI) protests several modifications to contract No. GS-03P-95- DWD-0001, awarded by the General Services Administration (GSA) to Knight Protective Services for armed and unarmed security guard services at GSA facilities located in Baltimore City and Baltimore County, Maryland. MSI contends that GSA 548114

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