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B-290452.3 1 (2005-05-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqsb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: VSE Corporation; Johnson Controls World Services, Inc. File: B-290452.3; B-290452.4; B-290452.5 Date: May 23, 2005 William W. Goodrich, Jr., Esq., Lisa K. Miller, Esq., and Melissa D. Droller, Esq., Arent Fox, for VSE Corporation; David R. Johnson, Esq., Amy R. Napier, Esq., Amanda J. Kastello, Esq., Vinson & Elkins LLP, for Johnson Controls World Services, Inc., the protesters. Carmody A. Gaba, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest of proposed sole-source contract must be filed within 10 days of the publication on the FedBizOpps Internet website of the agency's notice of its intent to enter into the sole-source contract where the notice does not request responses from other potential sources. 2. Protest of award of sole-source bridge contract for storage, maintenance, and disposition services to handle personal property seized by various federal agencies, pending completion of competitive procurement for long-term services, is sustained, where the procuring agency failed to execute a justification and approval for the sole-source award and did not conduct reasonable advanced procurement planning. DECISION VSE Corporation and Johnson Controls World Services, Inc.' protests the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Bureau of Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) sole-source award of a contract to EG&G Technical Services, Inc., for storage, maintenance, and disposition services to handle personal property seized by various federal agencies. 1 Since filing the protest, Johnson Controls changed its name to AP World Services, Inc. For purposes of our decision, we refer to the company by its prior name.

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