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B-286324 1 (2000-12-26)

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United States General Accounting Office                DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Washington, DC 20548                                  The decision issued on the date below was subject to a
                                                      GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been
                                                      approved for public release.

          Decision

          Matter of: Parcel 47C LLC

          File:        B-286324; B-286324.2

          Date:        December 26, 2000

          Richard J. Conway, Esq., and Charlotte Rothenberg Rosen, Esq., Dickstein Shapiro
          Morin & Oshinsky, for the protester.
          Barry D. Segal, Esq., and Edith L. Toms, Esq., General Services Administration, for
          the agency.
          Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
          Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          In a solicitation for the design, build, and lease of space, the contracting agency
          reasonably found that requiring post-award evidence that the awardee has site
          control represents an actual need of the government.
          DECISION

          Parcel 47C LLC protests the terms of solicitation for offers (SFO) No. 99-016, as
          amended, which was issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for the
          design, build, and lease of space for a headquarters building for the Department of
          Transportation (DOT). Parcel objects to the SFO's site control and parking space
          provisions.

          We deny the protest.

          The SFO, issued on November 23, 1999, sought proposals for a new headquarters for
          DOT, consisting of approximately 1.35 million square feet of space and 145 parking
          spaces' to be provided under a fixed-price, 15-year lease with a 10-year extension
          option? SFO § A.7. Besides the 145 official parking spaces to be included in the

          1 The prospectus, which Congress approved for this procurement, provides GSA with
          authority to obtain 145 official parking spaces. Prospectus No. PDC-97W15.
          2 The SFO also provided for a purchase option, exercisable by the government or its
          assignee or designee.

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