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B-297099 1 (2005-12-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqzb0001 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: Europe Displays, Inc. File: B-297099 Date: December 5, 2005 Thomas C. Papson, Esq., and Jason N. Workmaster, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, for the protester. Joseph A. Pixley, Esq., Department of Transportation, for the agency. Henry J. Gorczycki, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency unreasonably awarded a contract for the design and construction of an exhibition pavilion on a sole-source basis under simplified acquisition procedures to a firm that the agency believed the exhibit organizer required be used, where the agency's belief was erroneous and unreasonable. 2. A firm's statement of interest and technical capability to compete in response to an agency's published notice of intent to negotiate a contract on a sole-source basis is not a bid or proposal for which the GAO will recommend reimbursement of bid and proposal preparation costs where protest of sole-source award is sustained. DECISION Europe Displays, Inc. protests the sole-source award of a contract to Connexion under solicitation No. FTA-05-0256, issued by the Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), for the design, construction, maintenance and dismantling of a pavilion at the Mobility and City Transport Exhibition in Rome, Italy. We sustain the protest. The Mobility and Transport Exhibition, which is organized by the UITP-International Association of Public Transport, is a bi-annual international exhibition for the public transportation industry. This year's exhibition was held on June 6-9, 2005 in Rome.

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