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B-189704 1 (1978-08-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadghg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I IN 4 TNMM CO PTALLER aU NEfAL DECISION . OP THE UIJITEC STATEU nst9 WASHINGTON. D.C. ROb4 FILE* 8-189704 DATE: August 7, 19?8 MATTER OF: Durocher Dock A Dredge, Inc. - Reconsideration DIGEST: Prior decision dkinying'protest that Government's estimate of cost of performing woik with GovArnmeht dredge was unreasonable is affirmed uponn rrcon- sideration as additional infotiaetion submitted byprocurir,; activity in responseto protester'P argument rittIcomputation of estimate-affirms prior finding of reasonable basis for estimate. Durocher Dock & Dredge, Inc. (Purocher), has zIequested reconsfeeration of our decision in DtJocher Dok & Dredge, Ini., B-189704-, March 29, 1978, 78-1 CPD 241, dWenying Durocher'spothast against the rejectiorr of-its bid under invitation for bids (IFB) No. DACW35- 78-B-0019 issued by tpie Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Detroit Distcict. I The IFB as for maintenanha dredging 'at Little Lake Harbr, Michigan. Asthe Corps detirmined that the St, Paul District's crane bargMNarkus would'be available, a Governmneht's hired labor estimate wan prepared to compare with thebids received as.required by 33 U.S.C,5 624 (1970), which states that-if the bids received exceed tha Government estimate by more.than 25 percent, the work shall be performed by the Government. Durocher submitted the low bid of $08,900 and the Government'shired labor estimate was $44,311.30. As Durocher's bid was mote than 25 pL4cent'greater than the hired 1bor estimate, all bli t3'.wre rejected as the work was to be performed by the dt. Paul District. Folloking a protest by Duocher 'to the contracting officer, the Corprevised the hired labdr estimate because of the omission bE certain costs whibh raisedChe estimate'vtou$64,146.9,4, but Durocher's bid-still exceeded-Ehis figure:$Jy 38.6 percent and, therefore, was unact:ptable under 33 U.S.C. S 624. Durocher then protested the reasonableness of the estimate to our office, and in our decision of March 29, 1978, we found the estimate to be reason able and denied the protest. I p I I'

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