A firm protested the sole-source award of a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract for services involving storage and retrieval of technical information in microform libraries. Specifically, the firm contended that DLA: (1) awarded the entire fiscal year (FY) 1982 requirements without giving it a fair opportunity to compete for those requirements; (2) violated Federal regulations because it award...

CHALLENGE AGAINST AGENCY'S AWARD OF FISCAL YEAR 1982 MICROFORM LIBRARY SERVICES REQUIREMENTS ON SOLE-SOURCE BASIS IS ACTUALLY A CHALLENGE AGAINST PACE AT WHICH THE AGENCY IS TAKING STEPS TO COMPETITIVELY PROCURE THE REQUIRED SERVICES. THE RECORD SHOWS THAT BECAUSE THE AGENCY'S PRIOR FISCAL YEAR CONTRACT WAS ABOUT TO EXPIRE AND THERE WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION OF SERVICES. WHILE IT IS THE PO...