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G A A Comptroller General
of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC20548
Decision
Matter of: Clark E. Myatt, Agency Tender Official
File: B-311234.2
Date: April 15, 2008
C. Fitch Boles IV, Esq., for the protester.
Mark S. Christopher, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency.
Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Where the agency tender official protested the terms of a solicitation issued for
purposes of conducting a public-private competition pursuant to Office of
Management and Budget Circular A-76, and the agency states that no acceptable
private sector offers were received in response to the solicitation, there is no
prejudice to the protester from the solicitation provisions at issue, since
Circular A-76 requires that the agency either revise and reissue the solicitation, or
implement the agency tender.
DECISION
Clark E. Myatt, the designated agency tender official (ATO) with regard to
solicitation No. N69450-07-R-0054, which was issued by the Department of the Navy
for purposes of conducting a public-private competition pursuant to Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76, protests certain provisions of the
solicitation.!
We dismiss the protest.
In September 2006, the Navy announced its intention to conduct a public-private
competition pursuant to OMB Circular A-76 for performance of non-guard security
support services at government installations nationwide; these services are currently
1 An ATO is [a]n inherently governmental agency official with decision-making
authority who is responsible for the agency tender and represents the agency tender
during source selection. OMB Circular A-76, attach. D (May 29, 2003).](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptavzj0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)