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B-405082.2 1 (2011-07-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbxg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC REEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: STG, Inc. File: B-405082; B-405082.2 Date: July 27, 2011 Claude P. Goddard Jr., Esq., Daniel J. Donohue, Esq., and Sarah M. Graves, Esq., Husch Blackwell LLP, for the protester. Fernand A. Lavallee, Esq., Seamus Curley, Esq., Dionis M. Gauvin, Esq., DLA Piper LLP (US), for Aquilent, Inc., an intervenor. Frank V. DiNicola, Esq., Kim J. Sawicki, Esq., and Tiffany N. Alford, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of 4-month sole-source task order for interim services placed against Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract is denied where the services were urgently required and agency reasonably concluded that following the applicable FSS competitive ordering procedures would result in unacceptable interruptions of service. DECISION STG, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, protests the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issuance of a 4-month task order to Aquilent, Inc., of Laurel, Maryland, for maintenance and support services for the VA's Electronic Contract Management System (eCMS). We deny the protest. The eCMS is an electronic data management system that houses all the VA's procurement and contracting data and provides the agency with reporting on procurement and contracting activities. Contracting Officer's Statement at 1. The eCMS is a nationwide system that electronically manages the creation, storage, and security of VA's procurement actions. Id. This protest follows an earlier protest by STG, objecting to the issuance of a task order to Aquilent, the incumbent, for services to develop, support, and maintain

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