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B-298172 1 (2006-04-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaspd0001 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: Knowledge Connections, Inc. File: B-298172 Date: April 12, 2006 Barry Roberts, Esq., for the protester. Virginia G. Farrier, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST GAO has no jurisdiction to consider protest of solicitation for services issued by the Transportation Security Administration since that agency is subject to the Federal Aviation Administration's Acquisition Management System that is expressly exempted from GAO's bid protest jurisdiction. DECISION Knowledge Connections, Inc. (KCI) protests the terms of solicitation No. HSCEAM- 06-R-00014, issued by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for reservation center support services. We dismiss the protest. The Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA), relevant parts of which are set forth at 49 U.S.C. § 114 (2004 Supp.), established in 2001 the TSA as a new agency within the Department of Transportation (DOT) and tasked it with security responsibilities for all modes of transportation overseen by the DOT and other related activities. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40110(d) (2005 Supp.), TSA procurements are subject to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Acquisition Management System (AMS). Procurements subject to the AMS are specifically exempted from our bid protest jurisdiction. 49 U.S.C. § 40110(d)(2)(F). Although the Homeland Security Act of 2002 transferred the TSA to the Department of Homeland Security, Pub. L. 107-296,116 Stat. 2135, 2173 (2002), the Act did not alter or amend the exemption from our bid protest jurisdiction.

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