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B-421918 Nov 20, 2023 1 (2023-11-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaopnl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release Matter of: Waste Management, Inc. of Florida File: B-421918 Date: November 20, 2023 William A. Shook, Esq., The Law Offices of William A. Shook PLLC, for the protester. Michael G. Anderson, Esq., Angela R. Mucha, Esq., MacAllister A. West, Esq., and Marshall D. McKellar, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the agency. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency unreasonably issued solicitation to firms not having an exclusive franchise agreement for solid waste collection in Brevard County, Florida, is denied where the terms of the franchise agreement did not extend to the federal facility in question. DECISION Waste Management, Inc. of Florida (WM), of Boca Raton, Florida, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. 80GRC023Q0003, issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for refuse collection and disposal services at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida. WM argues that NASA unreasonably issued the RFQ to historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone) vendors because only WM, as the exclusive franchise agreement holder for solid waste disposal in Brevard County, Florida, is eligible to provide the requisite services. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On August 3, 2023, NASA issued the RFQ to procure solid waste, refuse, and disposal services at the Kennedy Space Center. Agency Report (AR), Tab 8, RFQ at 204, 206;

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