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B-298123 1 (2006-06-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptasoz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Capitol Supply, Inc. File: B-298123; B-298123.2; B-298123.3 Date: June 28, 2006 Robert Steinman for the protester. Kacie A. Haberly, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Proposal preparation instructions included in a commercial item solicitation for furniture and furnishings that require the submission of presentation boards which include photographs (rather than line drawings or renderings) of 90 percent of the items offered are reasonably based and not overly burdensome, where the solicitation is for commercial items, requires the submission of current catalogs as well as sample items, and the agency amended the solicitation to include the protested requirement because of the difficulties it encountered in evaluating submissions that included more than a limited number of line drawings and renderings. DECISION Capitol Supply, Inc. protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. 3FNH-05- F015-N, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA), for furniture and furnishings. Capitol argues that certain provisions of the solicitation as revised are unnecessary and in excess of the agency's minimum needs, and unduly restrict competition. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued April 21, 2005, provides for the award of a fixed-price requirements contract for a base period of I year with four 1-year option periods in support of the agency's Packaged Home Program (PHP). According to the agency, the PHP, through a memorandum of understanding between GSA and the Department of State, has successfully provided U.S. Government personnel stationed at diplomatic and consular posts abroad with their household furniture and furnishing

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