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B-251398.3 1 (1996-05-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadot0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: United Mondialpol International S.r.l.; Department of State-- Reconsideration File: B-251398.3; B-251398.4 Date: May 21, 1996 Robert E. Deso, Esq., Deso, Thomas, Spevack, Weitzman & Rost, P.C., for United Mondialpol International, S.r.l., and Kathleen D. Martin, Esq., for the Department of State, the parties requesting reconsideration. Richard J. Webber, Esq., Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, for Wackenhut International, Inc./Instituto di Vigilanza Citta' di Roma S.r.l. (Metronotte), a Joint Venture, an interested party. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Request for reconsideration is denied where based on arguments that could have been raised during the initial protest. 2. Request for reconsideration based on argument that General Accounting Office improperly substituted its judgment for that of the procuring agency is denied; conclusion that the agency misapplied United States preference statute constituted an interpretation of the statute, not a substitution of judgment. DECISION United Mondialpol International, S.r.l. (UMI),1 and the Department of State request reconsideration of our decision, Wackenhut Int'l, Inc./Instituto di Viglanza Citta' di Roma S.r.l. (Mettronotte)--a joint venture, B-251398.2, Jan. 26, 1996, 96-1 CPD 25. In that decision, we sustained Wackenhut/Instituto's protest that the agency improperly awarded UMI a contract under solicitation No. 11/92 for security guard services at the U.S. Embassy in Rome. We deny the request. 1United Mondialpol International S.r.l. is an Italian corporation that is owned by United International Investigative Services, Inc. (UIIS), an American corporation, and Mondialpol Roma S.p.a., an Italian corporation. 120257

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