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B-405548 1 (2011-11-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadond0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I QA Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: Bannum Inc. File: B-405548 Date: November 8, 2011 Joseph A. Camardo Jr., Esq., Camardo Law Firm, for the protester. Alex D. Tomaszczuk, Esq., Daniel S. Herzfeld, Esq., and Nicole Y. Beeler, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP, for Dismas Charities, Inc., an intervenor. Christine M. Ciccotti, Esq., Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly considered firm's inability to accept sex offenders at its proposed residential reentry center is denied where solicitation contemplated consideration of an offeror's proposed site and the impact that the location would have on satisfying the requirements of the solicitation and complying with the requirements of state and local law. DECISION Bannum, Inc., of Odessa, Florida, protests the award of a contract to Dismas Charities, Inc., of Louisville, Kentucky, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 200- 1100-NCR, issued by the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for residential reentry center services. Bannum maintains the agency applied an unstated factor in evaluating its proposal.1 1 In its initial protest, Bannum asserted that Dismas had an improper organizational conflict of interest (OCI), and that the agency improperly failed to consider seven specific strengths in Bannum's proposal. By letter dated September 2, 2011, Bannum withdrew its OCI allegation. With respect to the seven specific strengths that Bannum claimed the agency had not evaluated, the agency provided a detailed response to each of Bannum's assertions in its report responding to the protest. In its comments responding to the agency's report, Bannum makes no further mention of the seven alleged strengths. Under the circumstances, we find that Bannum has (continued...)

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