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B-297398 1 (2006-01-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaczjz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: im G A 0Comptroller General KA Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Crane & Company, Inc. File: B-297398 Date: January 18, 2006 John S. Pachter, Esq., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Stephen D. Knight, Esq., and Erin R. Karsman, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter & Allen PLC, for the protester. Michael J. Davidson, Esq., Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, for the agency. Edward Goldstein, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's solicitation for distinctive currency paper is defective where it provides for the award of a contract with a 6-year term in violation of 31 U.S.C. § 5114(c), which limits contracts for currency paper to periods of not more than 4 years. DECISION Crane & Company, Inc. protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. BEP- 06-0001, issued by the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), for the procurement of distinctive currency paper. Crane principally argues that the RFP provides for the award of contracts which are 6 years in length, in violation of 31 U.S.C. § 5114(c) (2000), which, according to Crane, limits the total length of contracts for distinctive currency paper to not more than 4 years. Crane further argues that the solicitation improperly discriminates against Crane, the incumbent contractor. We sustain the protest. 1 Crane withdrew several other grounds of protest based on changes to the solicitation implemented by the BEP.

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