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B-213654 1 (1984-03-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlop0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -1), n-* TH COMPTROLLER UEVERA L DECISION OP THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-212986 DATE: March 5, 1984 MATTER OF: J. Allen Grafton DIGEST: An agency unreasonably rejected a quotation from the son of an agency employee, in order to avoid actual or apparent favoritism or preferential treatment, where the employee, although employed in the administrative dis- trict in which the procurement occurred, had no responsibility for the resulting contract, there was no indication that the employee disclosed confidential agency information about the procurement or otherwise influenced the procurement, and adequate competition was publicly sought and obtained. J. Allen Grafton protests the rejection of the quota- tion which he submitted and the subsequent award of con- tracts under request for quotations No. 11-83, issued by the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, for the clearance of undergrowth for purposes of timber management in the Cheat Ranger District, Monongahela National Forest. The Forest Service rejected the quotation because Mr. Grafton's father was an employee of the Forest Service. We sustain the protest. Mr. Grafton submitted the apparent second low quota- tion on all three items in the RFQ and was in line for award after the apparent low quoter was found non- responsible following his incarceration on a felony charge. However, after an administrative review of Mr. Grafton's qualifications for award, the Forest Service rejected his quotation because his father was an assistant ranger in the Cheat Ranger District. Mr. Grafton thereupon filed this protest with our Office. The Forest Service, citing an urgent need for the services, has since made award to other quoters notwithstanding the protest.

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