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B-270013 1 (1996-02-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadvy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: ANV Enterprises, Inc. File: B-270013 Date: February 5, 1996 Wayne C. Allen for the protester. Monica Allison Ceruti, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Sylvia Schatz, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that numerous specifications are inadequate to permit intelligent competition, and that agency has not sufficiently definitized the specifications in answers to protester's questions, is denied where agency provided all information in its possession, and the information generally was sufficient to permit intelligent competition. 2. Agency does not have to restructure requirement in manner that will require agency to furnish equipment to the contractor, where cost comparison will be conducted to determine whether contractor or in-house performance is more economical; agency need not adopt hybrid alternative preferred by protester solely because it will reduce contractor risk. DECISION ANV Enterprises, Inc. protests alleged specification deficiencies in invitation for bids (IFB) No. F22600-95-B-0096 issued by the Air Force for purposes of a cost comparison under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76. The cost comparison is to determine whether it will be more economical to contract for grounds maintenance services at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi, or to continue the services in-house. We deny the protest. The solicitation, which contemplates award of fixed-price contract for a base year with 4 option years, requires the contractor to supply all labor, equipment, tools, materials, transportation, supervision, and other items and services necessary for grounds maintenance. The appendix to the IFB contains a performance work statement, which includes detailed specifications with regard to all the items and services to be provided under the contract. 125225

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