B-287275: May 17, 2001

A firm protested an Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) contract award for janitorial and grounds maintenance services, contending that it was a violation of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements for the INS to issue purchase orders to maintain interim services while competitive procurement for the same services was ongoing. GAO held that the purchase orders were issued in acc...

B-287275: May 17, 2001

DIGEST Protest that agency's issuance of purchase orders to maintain interim services while competitive procurement for the same services was ongoing violated Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements because (1) they were not procured using full and open competition. (2) their requirements were not synopsized in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD). (3) the protester was not sent a copy of t...