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B-281487 1 (1999-02-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajgy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Mail Boxes Etc. File: B-281487 Date: February 16, 1999 Jane Walters for the protester. Kerry L. Miller, Esq., Government Printing Office, for the agency. Aldo A. Benejam, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably determined that protester was nonresponsible based upon conclusion that protester lacked equipment necessary to perform the contract where protester failed to provide sufficient evidence to show that it had or could obtain the required equipment in time to meet the solicitation's delivery schedule. DECISION Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE) protests the determination by the Government Printing Office (GPO) that it is nonresponsible under invitation for bids (IFB) No. 2085S for electrostatic copying services for the Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Forest Service, and various other agencies located in the Juneau, Alaska area. MBE argues that the nonresponsibility determination lacks a reasonable basis. We deny the protest. The IFB contemplated the award of a fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity requirements contract for copying services. IFB at 4. The successful bidder is to produce flat forms and books requiring such operations as electrostatic, thermal or other copying process, color copying, binding, packing, labeling, and delivery. Id. at 6. The IFB estimated an average of 42 orders each month, with as many as 10 orders placed in one day, for approximately 504 orders annually. Id. The IFB also listed estimated quantities of copies per order, ranging from 20 to 2,000 copies per order of flat forms and from 1 to 3,000 copies per order of books. Id. MBE submitted the low bid by the October 15, 1998 bid opening date. In order to make a responsibility determination, the contracting officer (CO) requested that MBE provide a list of all of its equipment and suppliers, as well as information regarding the firm's financial resources. In response, MBE provided GPO with the requested information, including a list of its equipment which MBE set out under

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