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B-223126 1 (1986-06-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvvd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE oP GENERAL COUNSEL B-223126 June 3, 1986 Riverfront Cleaning Services, Inc. Janitorial Service & Supplies P.O. Box 544 40 N. Jefferson Street New Castle, Pennsylvania 16103 Attention: Paul Lynch, President Gentlemen: This is in response to your letter dated May 12, 1986, in which you question the bidding procedures utilized by the Department of the Army (Army) to award a contract for guard services at the Arlington National Cemetery. After submitting a proposal, the Army requested that you submit a best and final offer. You believe that this practice could result in the release of bid prices and request that we explain the procedure. Further, you advise that after submitting a best and final offer, the Army rejected your technical proposal because it did not fall within the technical range and that award was made to a higher priced offeror. The government is authorized by statute to procure goods and services by two basic methods--sealed bidding or competitive proposals. See Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, 10 U.S.C.A. § 2304 (West Supp. 1985). In sealed bidding, award is made without discussions to the respon- sible source whose bid conforms to the solicitation and is most advantageous to the government considering only price and other price related factors. However, where competitive proposals are solicited, the government awards a contract after discussions with each offeror who submitted a proposal within the competitive range, considering only price and the other factors in the solicitation, or without discussions when the evidence demonstrates that acceptance of the ini- tial proposal without discussions would result in the lowest overall cost to the government. ;'~ -)

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