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B-310431.2 1 (2008-01-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadagm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General L LA Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: ICON Consulting Group, Inc. File: B-310431.2 Date: January 30, 2008 Molonai T. Hola, ICON Consulting Group, Inc., for the protester. Maj. Christopher L. McMahon, Kevin C. Probasco, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's corrective action taken in response to earlier Government Accountability Office protest is denied; corrective action that included amending the solicitation, reopening discussions, and requesting revised proposals from the remaining unsuccessful offerors, was a reasonable response to the protester's contention that agency misled protester in discussions and fairly provides protester an opportunity to compete for an award. DECISION ICON Consulting Group, Inc. challenges the adequacy of the agency's corrective action in response to its protest of the award of multiple construction contracts pursuant to Request for Proposals (RFP) NO. FA8201-07-R-0003, issued by the Department of the Air Force for design/build construction solutions for facilities supported by Hill Air Force Base, Utah. ICON, an 8(a) firm, asserts that the corrective action unfairly excludes the protester from competing for the two awards reserved for 8(a) firms. We deny the protest. The RFP was issued on November 8, 2006 as a multiple award competitive construction acquisition based on a general statement of work to be further defined within each individual task order. It provided for award on a best value basis of up to five contracts, with up to two of the awards reserved for 8(a) business concerns. RFP § 2.0. The RFP provided for two evaluation phases. Under the first phase, offers received from 8(a) concerns would be evaluated separately, and up to two

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