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B-291121 1 (2002-11-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaoid0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity* Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Shaw Infrastructure, Inc. File: B-291121 Date: November 19, 2002 Richard L. Moorhouse, Esq., Patricia H. Wittie, Esq., and Stephen M. Sorett, Esq., Reed Smith, for the protester. Capt. Ronald D. Sullivan, Raymond M. Saunders, Esq., Gerald Krimbill, Esq., and Kim Judd, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably concluded that protester's proposal was unacceptable and that it would not engage in further negotiations with the protester, where protester's final proposal submission, following repeated, extensive discussions and submission of multiple proposal revisions, contained multiple errors and inconsistencies and failed to comply with the solicitation requirements. DECISION Shaw Infrastructure, Inc. protests the Department of the Army's determination that Shaw's proposal to perform base operation support services at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, was unacceptable. Shaw's proposal responded to request for proposals (RFP) No. DADA1O-00-R-0013, which the Army issued in connection with an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 commercial activities study. Shaw protests that the agency unreasonably found Shaw's proposal to be unacceptable and improperly declined to engage in further negotiations with Shaw. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On July 31, 1998, the Department of the Army publicly notified Congress that the Army intended to perform an A-76 commercial activities study with regard to base operations support activities at Fort Sam Houston. Between July 1998 and January 2001, the agency engaged in various activities necessary for performing an A-76 study, including identification of the specific tasks to be covered by the study and

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