A firm protested a Navy contract award for waste management services, contending that the Navy failed to obtain proper competition for the reprocurement. GAO held that: (1) federal acquisitions regulations permitted the Navy to use any procurement methods deemed appropriate for the reprocurement as long as the repurchase quantity did not exceed the undelivered quantity under the defaulted contract...

The agency commenced discussions with seven offerors whose proposals were deemed to be within the competitive range. This acquisition method was selected because the original competition had been so recently completed. Where there were other offerors. The agency was required to demonstrate that only Laidlaw could commence performance within the pressing time constraints of the reprocurement. The r...