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B-299315.7,B-299315.8 1 (2010-08-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadblq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: WorldWide Language Resources, Inc. File: B-299315.7; B-299315.8 Date: August 12, 2010 Richard D. Lieberman, Esq., Gary S. Grossman, Esq., and Gabriel D. Soll, Esq., McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, P.C., for the protester. Craig A. Holman, Esq., Dominique L. Castro, Esq., and William S. Speros, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, for the intervenor. Maj. Patrick L. Vergona, Department of the Army, 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 Protest that agency improperly increased dollar ceiling of contract for linguist and translator services in support of U.S. troops in Afghanistan to bridge the period until the agency can award a competitive follow-on contract for the services is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably concluded that the incumbent contractor was the only firm capable of meeting the agency's interim need for the services. DECISION WorldWide Language Resources, Inc., of Fayetteville, North Carolina, protests the decision by the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) to modify its contract with Mission Essential Personnel, LLC (MEP), of Columbus, Ohio, which provides linguist and interpretation services for military operations in Afghanistan and other operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The protester contends that the modification violates the competition requirements of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (CICA). We deny the protest. BACKGROUND In 2005, INSCOM began planning for the award of a contract for linguist and interpretation services in support of military operations in Afghanistan as well as other operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Aside from simply

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