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A G A O Comptroller General
. Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a
GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been
approved for public release.
Decision
Matter of: NANA Services, LLC
File: B-297177.3; B-297177.4
Date: January 3, 2006
Steven W. Silver, Esq., and Carl Winner, Esq., Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh, and
Richard B. Oliver, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge, for the protester.
Carl Walker, Esq., and Elizabeth Rivera, Esq., Department of the Navy, and Laura
Mann Eyester, Esq., and John W. Klein, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the
agencies.
John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
The award of noncompetitive bridge contract under the Small Business
Administration's section 8(a) program is unobjectionable where the acceptance of
the requirement into the 8(a) program does not violate any statute or regulation.
DECISION
NANA Services, LLC protests the award of a contract for morale, welfare, and
recreation (MWR) services for Department of Defense (DOD) personnel on Guam,
made by the Department of the Navy under the Small Business Administration's
(SBA) section 8(a) program on a noncompetitive basis for performance by Global
Food Services (GFS).
We deny the protest.
The agency explains that the MWR services on Guam are indispensable due to the
'remote' location and the needs of the U.S. personnel and their families on the island
of Guam. Agency Report (AR) at 2. The MWR services to be provided include
child development/child care and youth services, recreation, physical fitness and
library services to multiple [DOD] commands, activities, detachments, and Federal
activities. Id. The agency points out that the child development and child care
facilities on Guam care for approximately 200 children during core work hours, and
that the lack of these services would have an extremely deleterious effect on the
service members and civilian workforce who rely on these services while on duty.
AR at 3.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptasly0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)