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B-415137 1 (2017-11-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduau0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Dsa GAO Protective Order. The entire decision has now Decisionbeen approved for public release. Matter of: Goodwill Industries of the Valleys; SourceAmerica File: B-415137 Date: November 29, 2017 Craig A. Holman, Esq., and Craig A. Schwartz, Esq., Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, for the protester. Robert J. McCall, Esq., and Julie A. Holvik, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Timi Nickerson Kenealy, Esq., and Kasia Dourney, Esq., U.S. AbilityOne Commission. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is sustained where the General Services Administration's acquisition of custodial services in connection with award of a lease fails to comply with the applicable requirements of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act, under which protester is the mandatory source for the custodial services. DECISION Goodwill Industries of the Valleys, of Roanoke, Virginia, and SourceAmerica, of Vienna Virginia, protest the General Services Administration's (GSA) actions in connection with the award of a full service lease (No. GS-03P-LVA001 72) to VVP, LLC, of Charlottesville, Virginia, for office space and custodial services in a building that houses the Charlottesville courthouse; the protesters maintain that GSA's actions violate the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (JWOD Act) and that Act's implementation under the AbilityOne program.1 1 The AbilityOne program is among the nation's largest sources of employment for people who are blind or have significant disabilities. The program is administered by the U.S. AbilityOne Commission, which is the operating name for the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, which Congress established pursuant to the JWOD Act. Following receipt and review of the agency report responding to the protest, GAO requested input from the U.S. AbilityOne Commission, and advised counsel for the protester and the agency of that request. The (continued...)

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