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B-287459 1 (2001-06-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptampq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity * Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy 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: Qwest Communications International, Inc. File: B-287459; B-287459.2 Date: June 25, 2001 Rand L. Allen, Esq., John McCullough, Esq., and Derek Yeo, Esq., Wiley, Rein & Fielding, for the protesters. David S. Cohen, Esq., and John J. O'Brien, Esq., Cohen Mohr, and George J. Affe, Esq., for Sprint Communications Company, LP, and C. Stanley Dees, Esq., and Alison L. Doyle, Esq., McKenna & Cuneo, for AT&T Communications, Inc., intervenors. Michelle Harrell, Esq., and Michael J. Ettner, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of General Services Administration's sole-source extensions of FTS 2000 bridge contracts is dismissed where, because protester is subject to restrictions under section 271 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 271, there is no basis for concluding that protester would be able to meet requirement for ubiquitous, nationwide long-distance service even had agency competed the requirement; accordingly, protester is not interested party for purpose of challenging sole-source awards. DECISION Qwest Communications International, Inc. protests the General Services Administration's (GSA) sole-source extensions of the agency's FTS 2000 bridge contracts with AT&T Communications, Inc. (GS-00T-99NSD-0003) (AT&T Bridge Contract), and Sprint Communications Company, L.P. (GS-00T-99NSD-0002) (Sprint Bridge Contract), for long-distance telecommunications services. Qwest, which maintains that it can meet the agency's needs, argues that the sole-source extensions were improper. We dismiss the protest.

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