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B-270640 1 (1996-03-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadzx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Bannum, Inc. File: B-270640 Date: March 27, 1996 David A. Lowry for the protester. Granette Trent, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Contracting agency reasonably excluded protester's proposal from the competitive range as technically unacceptable under solicitation, which gave primary weight to technical factors, including facility, where, in addition to the numerous deficiencies in the protester's technical proposal, the facility proposed by the protester would require major renovations to meet the solicitation requirements and these renovations could not be completed within the required 60-day commencement time frame. DECISION Bannum, Inc. protests the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. 200-278-SC, issued by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Department of Justice, for residential comprehensive sanction center services for male and female federal offenders in the New Orleans, Louisiana area. Bannum asserts that BOP improperly evaluated and eliminated its proposal from the competitive range without conducting discussions with the protester, and that BOP has de facto debarred Bannum from competing for government contracts. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued May 22, 1995, requested offers on a firm, fixed-price basis for estimated requirements, for a base year with three 1-year options. The statement of work (SOW) required offerors to furnish the necessary facilities, equipment, and personnel to provide for the safekeeping and program needs of federal offenders residing at a New Orleans, Louisiana, facility to be furnished by the contractor, known as a community corrections center, or halfway house. The RFP required that the facility be in a suitable area, have access to public transportation, be equipped to handle the handicapped, and meet life/safety standards as provided by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Among other things, the 324327

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