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B-270438 1 (1996-03-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadyr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Dube Travel Agency & Tours, Inc.; Garber Travel File: B-270438; B-270438.2 Date: March 6, 1996 Paul P. Murphy, Esq., Murphy & Coyne, for Dube Travel Agency & Tours, Inc.; Peter R. Chiesa, Esq., Wadleigh, Starr, Peters, Dunn and Chiesa, for Garber Travel. Judith A. Bonner, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision DIGEST 1. Agency properly awarded contract to out-of-state firm where it was clearly stated that offerors would not be required to maintain an office in each state serviced and the awardee's proposal provided that it would establish an office in one of the states to be serviced. 2. Agency reasonably decided to reopen discussions and request a second round of best and final offers where it failed to advise a competitive range offeror during the first round of discussions of a deficiency in its proposal that rendered it unacceptable. 3. Agency's mathematical errors in the evaluation of the prior service evaluation factor do not provide a basis to sustain protests where, upon correction of the errors, it is clear that the protesters were not prejudiced. DECISION Dube Travel Agency & Tours, Inc. and Garber Travel protest the General Services Administration's (GSA) award of a contract to Travel Centre for the establishment and operation of a travel management center for the states of Maine and New Hampshire under request for proposals (RFP) No. 3FBG-W-AO-N-5199. Dube and Garber assert that Travel Centre's proposal should have been rejected because Travel Centre is an out-of-state firm, that the agency failed to engage in meaningful discussions, that the agency improperly conducted a second round of discussions and request for best and final offers (BAFOs), that Travel Centre will be unable to comply with the solicitation requirements, and that the agency erred in evaluating the offerors' prior service. 93936

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