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B-276787 1 (1997-07-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafzq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: 440 East 62nd Street Company File: B-276787 Date: July 24, 1997 Melinda Carmen, Esq., Carmen & Muss, for the protester. Emily C. Hewitt, Esq., and Robert J. McCall, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In procurement of leased office space in Philadelphia, the determination by the General Services Administration (GSA) to limit consideration to a geographical area within the central business area (CBA), thereby excluding protester's building, is unobjectionable where GSA reasonably determined that government's needs could be met and adequate competition would be obtained by using the defined geographical area, and the geographical limitation was not otherwise improper. DECISION The 440 East 62nd Street Company (440 East) protests the geographical boundaries in solicitation for offers (SFO) No. MPA96211, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for leased office space to house Department of Labor offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The protester contends that the delineated area is unduly restrictive of competition and otherwise improper. We deny the protest. The lease on the space currently occupied by Labor expires on November 12, 1997. After developing Labor's requirements, including square footage needs, GSA placed an advertisement in The Philadelphia Inquirer on August 4, 1996, advising of its interest in leasing approximately 117,500 square feet of rentable square feet (RSF) (102,000 to 107,000 occupiable square feet (OSF)). In the advertisement, GSA delineated the acceptable geographical area for the leased space, only the northern boundary of which is relevant to this protest. That boundary as advertised in August 1996 was John F. Kennedy Boulevard. The protester submitted a letter of

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