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B-276659.2 1 (1997-09-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafzf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE A protected decision was issued on the date below and was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been redacted or approved by the parties involved for public release. Matter of: MCI Telecommunications Corporation File: B-276659.2 Date: September 29, 1997 Thomas C. Wheeler, Esq., and Kevin P. Mullen, Esq., Piper & Marbury, and Robin L. Redfield, Esq., MCI Telecommunications Corporation, for the protester. Thomas C. Papson, Esq., and C. Stanley Dees, Esq., McKenna & Cuneo, and Nathaniel Friends, Esq., and Robert L. Petersen, Jr., Esq., for AT&T Communications, Inc., an intervenor. Michelle Harrell, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Ralph 0. White, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Modification of dedicated transmission services portion of the contract by which the federal government purchases domestic inter-city telecommunications services to add an option permitting the contractor to design, operate, and maintain custom dedicated networks for government agencies is beyond the scope of the original telecommunications services contract and must be purchased in accordance with the statutory requirements for competition. DECISION MCI Telecommunications Corporation protests a decision by the General Services Administration (GSA) to modify the FTS 2000 contract held by AT&T Communications, Inc. MCI maintains that the Network Service Assurance Plan II (NSAP II), added by modification PS273 to the dedicated transmission service portion of AT&T's contract, exceeds the scope of the original FTS 2000 contract. Thus, MCI argues that GSA was required to hold a competition for these services. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND On December 31, 1986, GSA issued request for proposals (RFP) No. KET-JW-87-02 seeking offers to replace the existing Federal Telecommunications System and to provide all of the federal government's domestic inter-city telecommunications services for a 10-year period. The resulting contract became known as the

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