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B-401481 1 (2009-09-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadazd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: li AL A , GA O Comptroller General Acc untabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Ashland Sales & Service Company File: B-401481 Date: September 15, 2009 Ruth E. Ganister, Esq., Rosenthal and Ganister, for the protester. John P. Patkus, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Amber L. Jordan and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In implementing the section 827(a) of Title VIII of Division A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-181 (appearing at 10 U.S.C.A. § 2410n and note), which restricts noncompetitive purchases of product categories from Federal Prison Industries (FPI) by the Department of Defense (DOD) for those categories where FPI has been found to have a significant market share in DOD, DOD acted reasonably in establishing an effective date of 30 days from DOD's issuance of an amended list of product categories for which FPI has a significant market share. DECISION Ashland Sales & Service Company of Olive Hill, Kentucky protests the decision of the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP) to non-competitively acquire men's short- and long-sleeve shirts for Army personnel from Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Ashland maintains that DSCP is required to open the procurement to competition. We deny the protest. FPI is a self-supporting, wholly-owned government corporation that was established to provide employment and training to federal penal inmates involving the production of commodities for consumption in prisons or for sale to government agencies. 18 U.S.C. §§ 4121, 4122 (2006); Federal Acquisition Regulation §§ 8.601(a), (b). The requirements for the procurement of products from FPI by the Department of Defense (DOD) are governed by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-107, Div. A, Title VIII, § 811(a)(1),

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