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B-277069 1 (1997-08-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagax0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Crawford Laboratories File: B-277069 Date: August 29, 1997 David Schmetterer for the protester. Marie Adamson Collins, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Win. David Hasfurther, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is sustained where agency provides no rational basis for its determination of price reasonableness of contract awards for primer coatings at prices more than double the award prices under the prior procurement for the same items. DECISION Crawford Laboratories protests the award of contracts under invitation for bids (IFB) No. TFTP-96-DJ-8009, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for primer coatings. Crawford contends that it was improperly not given the opportunity to compete for these items, that the award prices were unreasonable, and that the procurement should be recompeted. We sustain the protest because the agency has provided no rational basis for its price reasonableness determination. An October 23, 1996, Commerce Business Daily (CBD) synopsis of the procurement advised that the IFB would be issued on or about November 1, 1996, and that the contract performance period was January 1, 1997, through December 31, 1998. The IFB was issued on November 8, soliciting prices on four items covering GSA's estimated requirements for the period of January 1, 1997 (or the date of award if later) through July 31, 1998. By facsimile of October 30, Crawford requested a copy of the JFB. While GSA states that a copy of the IFB was most likely sent to Crawford, it has no proof that it was sent. Crawford was not on the bidder's list for the IFB--even though it was the incumbent contractor on three of the four items. On December 11, four bids were submitted on items 2 through 4, the only items relevant to this protest. Line items 2 and 3 each included two subline items: subline item (a) for five gallon cans and subline item (b) for one gallon cans; line item 4 covered only one gallon cans. One of the offerors requested withdrawal of its bid, which subsequently expired and was not further considered. The remaining three bids were as follows:

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