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B-296391 1 (2005-07-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqxj0001 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 Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Photo Science, Inc. File: B-296391 Date: July 25, 2005 Kurt W. Allen for the protester. Robert E. Little, Jr., Esq., and V. Paul Clay, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Henry J. Gorczycki, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency did not abuse its discretion in determining that services to identify, measure and analyze natural resource habitats and cultural resource sites, using Global Positioning System services and Geographic Information Systems data management services, are not surveying services subject to the Brooks Act procedures applicable to the procurement of architectural and engineering services. DECISION Photo Science, Inc. protests request for proposals (RFP) No. N68711-05-R-8004, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, for natural and cultural survey services in California, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. Photo Science protests that these services are architectural and engineering (A-E) services that must be procured using the specialized procedures prescribed by the Brooks Act. We deny the protest. Under the Brooks Act, 40 U.S.C.A. §§ 1101-1104 (West 2005),' agencies must publicly announce all requirements for A-E services and select contractors for A-E work on the basis of demonstrated technical competence and qualifications. The procedures 1 The Brooks Act was recodified in 2002, moving it from its previous location at 40 U.S.C. §§ 541-544 (2000) to its present location. Pub. L. No. 107-217, 116 Stat. 1062 (2002).

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