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B-272070 1 (1996-08-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaehl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: District Moving & Storage, Inc.; Guardian Storage, Inc.; and Quality Transport Services, Inc. File: B-272070 Date: August 9, 1996 Alan F. Wohlstetter, Esq., and Stanley I. Goldman, Esq., Denning & Wohlstetter, for the protesters. Dennis J. Gallagher, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Tania L. Calhoun, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Under solicitation that contemplates multiple awards, provision that restricts award to only one of any affiliated offerors is not unduly restrictive of competition where the record shows that the agency reasonably concluded that multiple awards to affiliated offerors would be prejudicial to the government's interests, and, thus, that the provision is reasonably necessary to meet the agency's minimum needs. DECISION District Moving & Storage, Inc., Guardian Storage, Inc., and Quality Transport Services, Inc. protest the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. S-OPRAQ-96-R- 0515, issued by the Department of State for non-temporary storage and related services. The protesters contend that the solicitation, which contemplates multiple awards, improperly restricts award to only one of any affiliated offerors. We deny the protest. Our Office has long held that contracting agencies are not required to reject offers from affiliated firms, or to limit them to one award, unless doing so would be prejudicial to the interests of the government or would give the affiliated offerors an unfair advantage over other offerors. See 39 Comp. Gen. 892 (1960); see also Fiber-Lam Inc., 69 Comp. Gen. 364 (1990), 90-1 CPD 351; Colonial Storage Co.: Paxton Van Lines, Inc., B-253501.5 et al., Oct. 19, 1993, 93-2 CPD 234; Pioneer Recovery Sys., Inc., B-214700; B-214878, Nov. 13, 1984, 84-2 CPD 520. This protest presents the question whether State may properly restrict award to only one of any affiliated offerors under this solicitation. 41189

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