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B-285938.7 1 (2001-12-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamlm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O0 Comptroller General A a * Integrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Lackland 21st Century Services Consolidated File: B-285938.7; B-285938.8 Date: December 4, 2001 William A. Roberts, III, Esq., Phillip H. Harrington, Esq., William S. Lieth, Esq., and Janet L. Eichers, Esq., Wiley, Rein & Fielding, and Helaine G. Elderkin, Esq., Computer Sciences Corporation, for the protester. Sharon A. Jenks, Esq., Department of the Air Force, 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 1. Protester's contention that it was procedurally improper for an agency to use its in-house auditors to perform a limited review of the soundness of any decision it might make before proceeding to a decision in a cost comparison conducted pursuant to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 is denied where the agency sought the review after two prior reversals and a critical Inspector General report raised questions about whether any decision made could withstand scrutiny. 2. Protest alleging that the agency improperly canceled solicitation and reinitiated the A-76 cost comparison process is denied where a limited review of previous appeal and protest issues performed by in-house auditors led the agency reasonably to conclude that several problems with the solicitation may have resulted in a flawed private-sector competition. DECISION Lackland 21st Century Services Consolidated (L-21) protests a decision by the Department of the Air Force to cancel solicitation No. F41689-99-R-0031, revise its requirements, and reinitiate a cost comparison pursuant to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 for base operations support (BOS) at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. L-21, having prevailed in both the private-sector competition and the public/private cost comparison, argues that the Air Force lacks a reasonable basis to cancel the solicitation and begin the process anew.

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