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B-272271 1 (1996-08-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaeim0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Cascade General, Inc. File: B-272271 Date: August 1, 1996 John T. Jozwick, Esq., for the protester. Keith B. Letourneau, Esq., United States Coast Guard, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that solicitation's provisions for evaluation of foreseeable costs to the agency (based on bidder's place of performance) unduly restrict competition and are ambiguous is denied where they provide for the proper evaluation of actual cost to the agency and, as amended, provide sufficient information to allow bidders to intelligently prepare their bids. DECISION Cascade General, Inc. protests certain provisions in invitation for bids (IFB) No. DTCG85-96-B-625L00, issued by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) for drydocking and vessel repairs for the USCG cutter Polar Star. Cascade contends that the solicitation's provisions for the evaluation of certain foreseeable costs to the agency are improper because they are unduly restrictive of competition and are ambiguous. We deny the protest. The IFB, as amended, provides for the evaluation of bids on the basis of price and price-related factors, identified in section M of the IFB as certain foreseeable costs to the agency that will vary with the location of the commercial shipyard to be used by offerors of services under this solicitation.1 Section M includes the following elements generally challenged by the protester: operating costs (including transportation costs at $172.30 per nautical mile for one round-trip by the cutter 1The agency explains that for each bidder's shipyard location, the agency will incur different vessel operating costs, per diem costs, rental car costs, crew travel costs, contracting and engineering personnel travel costs, and supply transportation costs. 50482

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