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B-417760, B-417760.2, B-417760.3, B-417760.4 1 (2019-10-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeacu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.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 Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: BHB Limited Partnership & Indiana Associates Ltd. Partnership File: B-417760; B-417760.2; B-417760.3; B-417760.4 Date: October 9, 2019 Abram J. Pafford, Esq., and Richard J. Webber, Esq., Arent Fox LLP, for the protester. Michael Klein, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging a single-building requirement in the solicitation as unduly restrictive of competition is denied where the record shows that the provision is reasonably necessary to meet the agency's legitimate needs. DECISION BHB Limited Partnership & Indiana Associates Ltd. Partnership (BHB), of Washington, District of Columbia, protests the terms of Request for Lease Proposals (RLP) No. 6DC0335 issued by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) for the lease of office space. The protester challenges certain terms of the RLP as unduly restrictive of competition. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RLP, issued on June 11, 2019, sought proposals for the lease of 180,985 rentable square feet of office space for a term of 20 years located in a defined area of consideration in downtown Washington, District of Columbia. RLP at 1-3. The resulting lease will satisfy the space needs of three agencies: Court Services and Offender Services Agency, Pre-Trial Services Agency, and the Public Defender Service. Contracting Officer's Statement at 1. These agencies currently occupy two properties owned by the protesters, as well as other locations. Id. According to the agency, this procurement is intended to consolidate all of the space needs for these agencies into a single location. Id.

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