About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-416464,B-416464.2 1 (2018-09-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvcr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date belowwassubject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. The decision hasnow been I approved forrelease in itsentirety. Matter of: Federal Working Group File: B-416464; B-416464.2 Date: September 19, 2018 Edmund M. Amorosi, Esq., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Daniel D. Rounds, Esq., and Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for the protester. Jonathan T. Williams, Esq., Patrick T. Rothwell, Esq., and Ambika J. Biggs, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for ACCEL Corporation, the intervenor. Amy Kiger Crotts, Esq., Department of Commerce, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's establishment of a noncompetitive logical follow-on blanket purchase agreement (BPA), for services supporting the 2020 Decennial Census, was reasonable pursuant to the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation § 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(C). 2. Where agency reasonably established a noncompetitive BPA for services supporting the 2020 Decennial Census, protester is not an interested party to further challenge the establishment of that BPA. DECISION Federal Working Group, Inc. (FWG), of Arlington, Virginia, protests the Department of Commerce, United States Census Bureau's (USCB) establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with ACCEL Corporation, of Silver Spring, Maryland, pursuant to solicitation No. YA1323-18-KC-0003, to provide field consulting and technical support for the USCB's Field Division (FLD) in connection with the 2020 Decennial Census.' FWG challenges the agency's limited-source justification and establishment of the BPA made as a logical follow-on to a previously-established BPA. 1 The USCB's FLD plans, organizes, coordinates, and carries out the Census Bureau's field data collection program for one-time demographic surveys and the Decennial Census. Agency Report (AR), Tab 10, Acquisition Plan, at 2.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most