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B-299595.3 1 (2007-06-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaufr0001 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 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: J&J Colombia Services MV LTDA File: B-299595.3 Date: June 26, 2007 John C. Dulske, Esq., and Joan K. Fiorino, Esq., Dulske & Fiorino, PC, for the protester. Michael F. Mason, Esq., Thomas L. McGovern III, Esq., and Michael D. McGill, Esq., Hogan & Hartson LLP, for PAE Colombia LTDA, an intervenor. Maj. Jayanth Jayaram, Department of the Army, for the agency. Edward Goldstein, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly awarded interim contract on sole-source basis is denied where award of long-term contract for same services was delayed by litigation and agency reasonably determined that only the incumbent contractor was in a position to perform urgently required services. DECISION J&J Colombia Services MV LTDA protests the Department of the Army's sole-source award of an interim contract to PAE Colombia LTDA under request for proposals (RFP) No. W913FT-07-R-0018, for logistics support services required by the U.S. Military Group (USMILGP) located in Bogota, Colombia, and other government agencies throughout Colombia. J&J argues that the sole-source award was solely the consequence of the Army's lack of advance planning, and therefore was improper. We deny the protest. By way of background, one of the primary missions of the USMILGP in Colombia is to support the overall U.S. strategy to defeat narcotics trafficking and narco- terrorism in Colombia. In cooperation with the U.S. Embassy, other U.S. agencies, and the government of Colombia, the USMILGP in Colombia provides security assistance and military-to-military contact in order to eliminate/reduce drug trafficking and narco-terrorism; strengthen Colombian military professionalism; conduct anti-drug operations; and eliminate the threat to Colombia's sovereignty and democracy.

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