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B-418718 1 (2020-07-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebjm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.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 below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has 1been approved for public release. Matter of: Colonial Press International, Inc. File: B-418718 Date: July 10, 2020 Anthony W. Hawks, Esq., Law Offices of Anthony Hawks, for the protester. Craig D. Barrett, Esq., Government Publishing Office, for the agency. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the solicitation contained an unduly restrictive production schedule is denied where, as the agency explained, the schedule was rationally based on a statutory mandate. DECISION Colonial Press International, Inc., of Miami, Florida, protests the terms of an unnumbered invitation for bids (IFB) issued by the Government Publishing Office (GPO) for printing services. Colonial Press alleges that the solicitation's production schedule is unduly restrictive of competition. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On May 4, 2020, the GPO issued the IFB to procure printed copies of the Medicare handbook, Medicare and You,' to be provided over a 1-year base period and four 1-year option periods.2 Agency Report (AR), Tab 6, IFB at 1, 12. The handbook would 1 The Medicare and You handbook provides information about the Medicare program and available Medicare plans. See Medicare and You, available at http://www.medicare.gov/med icare-and-you. 2 GPO issued the solicitation as a requisition for the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). IFB at 1. GPO has

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