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B-402603.2 1 (2010-06-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbkk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JiL AL A - GA O Comptroller General f.l! Accountabii1ty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: JLT Group, Inc. File: B-402603.2 Date: June 30, 2010 David S. Black, Esq., Jacob W. Scott, Esq., and Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the protester. Scott F. McCleary, Esq., General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, for the agency. Frank Maguire, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Provisions in solicitation for leased space requiring indoor parking and 9-foot ceilings are unobjectionable where record establishes that requirements are reasonably necessary to meet agency's needs. DECISION JLT Group, Inc. (JLT), of St. Paul, Minnesota, protests the terms of solicitation for offers (SFO) No. GS-05B-18407, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service, for leased office space in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area. The protester asserts that the SFO improperly restricts competition. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On Nov. 19, 2009, GSA published an advertisement on FedBizOpps regarding the government's need for approximately 233,000 square feet of office space in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area and a request for expressions of interest. Contracting Officer's (CO) Statement at 2; Agency Report (AR) exh. 3. GSA received 16 expressions of interest, including 1 from JLT. CO's Statement at 2. On February 22, 2010, GSA issued the SFO to three potential offerors, not including JLT, whose buildings were identified as being within the delineated area and as meeting or having the capability of meeting the minimum requirements of the solicitation. Id.

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