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B-275736 1 (1997-03-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafvj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: All Cape Corporation File: B-275736 Date: March 20, 1997 Paul S. Hughes, Esq., for the protester. Jeanne Anderson, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency deprived incumbent contractor of an opportunity to compete because the firm did not receive a mailed copy of the solicitation is denied where the record shows that the agency followed reasonable procedures for disseminating solicitation documents, there is no indication of any deficiencies in the contracting agency's solicitation process, and there is no evidence that the agency deliberately attempted to exclude the incumbent, who was included on the mailing list at the correct address. DECISION All Cape Corporation protests any award under request for proposals (RFP) No. 525-9-97, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for delivery, storage, pick-up, disposal, and repairs of hospital beds. All Cape, the incumbent contractor, contends that the VA improperly failed to provide the firm a copy of the RFP, and that this failure precluded it from submitting an offer. Accordingly, the protester asserts that the solicitation should be canceled and the requirement resolicited to give All Cape an opportunity to compete. We deny the protest. The agency published a pre-solicitation notice in the October 11, 1996, Commerce Business Daily, announcing that on approximately October 29 it planned to issue the RFP and that proposals would be due on approximately November 29.1 The RFP was issued on October 29, and the agency states that following its usual 'By an agreement dated October 18, All Cape's contract for the services being solicited had been extended for 3 months from October 1 through December 31. 438320

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