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B-287275.2 1 (2001-07-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptampg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Aleman & Associates, Inc. File: B-287275.2; B-287356.2 Date: July 2, 2001 Albert T. Aleman, Jr., Aleman & Associates, Inc., for the protester. Michael K. Cameron, Esq., Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, for the agency. Jeanne W. Isrin, Esq., and Jerold D. Cohen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Cancellation of request for quotations (RFQ) for I year of janitorial and grounds maintenance services, with 4 option years, on the basis that the services had to be procured pursuant to the Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Act, was improper where only services for 240 days or fewer had to be acquired under the statute. Related RFQ to cover a shorter term properly was canceled, however, since a reasonable basis existed for cancellation. DECISION Aleman & Associates, Inc. protests the cancellation of request for quotations Nos. ACD-8-Q-0024 (RFQ-0024) and ACD-1-Q-0008 (RFQ-0008), issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), Department of Justice, for janitorial and grounds maintenance services at border patrol stations and related INS facilities in the Laredo, Texas area. We sustain the protest. The RFQs cover 12 facilities that employ Border Patrol agents who are responsible for apprehending illegal immigrants and maintaining custody of them at the facilities. INS previously had procured the required janitorial and grounds maintenance services for 11 of the facilities competitively, which had resulted in purchase orders to three different contractors; the twelfth facility, the Laredo North Station, was not open at that time. INS then decided to consolidate its requirements in the interest of higher quality performance, efficiency in acquisition, and consistency in services

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