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B-294645.2 1 (2005-01-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqss0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Military Waste Management, Inc. File: B-294645.2 Date: January 13, 2005 A. Gene Watts for the protester. Linwood I. Rogers, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that solicitation's weight-based payment terms for solid waste disposal services are unduly restrictive is denied where record supports reasonableness of agency's determination that terms are necessary to meet agency's needs. DECISION Military Waste Management, Inc. (MWM) protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. SP0410-04-Q-0071, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for solid waste collection and disposal services at a DLA installation in Chesterfield County, Virginia.' The protester, the incumbent contractor, contends that the RFQ's weight-based rate structure is unduly restrictive of competition, on the basis that varying monthly payments will be difficult for a small business like MWM to budget for, and will provide a competitive advantage to large and local businesses with revenue from other contracts, since such firms allegedly will be more able to budget for business expenses during months of low refuse weights and agency payments by spreading performance costs among their other customer accounts. We deny the protest. 1 The installation houses a DLA inventory control point for aviation, the Defense Supply Center Richmond, and a DLA depot, as well as other tenant activities such as the Virginia Army National Guard. The installation also includes a child care center, an officers' club, a fitness center, and military housing.

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