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B-189820, AUGUST 22, 1977

B-189820 Aug 22, 1977
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WHERE UNDER OPTION PROVISION CONTRACT WAS RENEWABLE AT SOLE DISCRETION OF GOVERNMENT. GAO WILL NOT CONSIDER INCUMBENT CONTRACTOR'S CONTENTION THAT AGENCY SHOULD HAVE EXERCISED CONTRACT OPTION PROVISION INSTEAD OF ISSUING NEW SOLICITATION. TRANSIT'S CONTRACT WAS RENEWABLE UNDER AN OPTION PROVISION AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. AN INCUMBENT CONTRACTOR'S CONTENTION THAT AN AGENCY SHOULD HAVE EXERCISED SUCH A CONTRACT OPTION PROVISION. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.

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B-189820, AUGUST 22, 1977

WHERE UNDER OPTION PROVISION CONTRACT WAS RENEWABLE AT SOLE DISCRETION OF GOVERNMENT, GAO WILL NOT CONSIDER INCUMBENT CONTRACTOR'S CONTENTION THAT AGENCY SHOULD HAVE EXERCISED CONTRACT OPTION PROVISION INSTEAD OF ISSUING NEW SOLICITATION.

TRANSIT SERVICE, INC.:

TRANSIT SERVICE, INC. (TRANSIT), PROTESTS A DECISION BY THE AIR FORCE TO ISSUE OF SOLICITATION FOR BUS SERVICE AT EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA, RATHER THAN EXERCISE THE OPTION IN TRANSIT'S PRESENT CONTRACT FOR SUCH SERVICE. TRANSIT'S CONTRACT WAS RENEWABLE UNDER AN OPTION PROVISION AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT.

THIS OFFICE NO LONGER CONSIDERS UNDER OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES, 4 C.F.R.PART 20 (1977), AN INCUMBENT CONTRACTOR'S CONTENTION THAT AN AGENCY SHOULD HAVE EXERCISED SUCH A CONTRACT OPTION PROVISION. C. G. ASHE ENTERPRISES, 56 COMP.GEN. 398 (1977), 77-1 CPD 166. ACCORDINGLY, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.

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