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B-404098,B-404098.2 1 (2011-01-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbqa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Ii .L A GA O Comptroller General f. A Accountabity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Northwest Airport Management, L.P. File: B-404098; B-404098.2 Date: January 5, 2011 Robert C. MacKichan, Jr., Esq., and William M. Pannier, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the protester. Joseph M. Barbato, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Edward T. Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging solicitation requirements as unduly restrictive of competition is denied where agency demonstrates that the challenged requirements are reasonably related to the agency's current minimum needs. DECISION Northwest Airport Management, L.P. d/b/a David Wayne Hooks Airport and its bidding entity Southeast Texas Aviation Resources L.P. (collectively, Northwest), of Spring, Texas, protests the terms of solicitation for offers (SFO) No. HSBP-1 1 10-L-DA00206, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to provide hangar, office, and related space to meet the operational and mission requirements of the CBP's Houston Air and Marine Branch. Northwest argued that the SFO is unduly restrictive of competition in violation of the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) of 1984. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND Northwest currently provides hangar and related space to CBP's Houston Air and Marine Branch as the incumbent lessor. CBP awarded the lease to Northwest in September 1994 and it expired in September 2009. The agency reports that it has continued to lease the protester's facility on a month-to-month basis while it seeks to obtain a long-term lease that meets the agency's current and future operational needs.

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