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B-272529 1 (1996-10-21)

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Comptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548

Decision



Matter of: JWK International Corporation

File:        B-272529

Date:        October 21, 1996

Keith L. Baker, Esq., and Timi E. Nickerson, Esq., Eckert, Seamans, Cherin &
Mellott, for the protester.
Christopher M. Bellomy, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency.
C. Douglas McArthur, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest by sixth low bidder that five lower bids are nonresponsive on ground that
supplemental pricing information required to be submitted with bids indicates that
bidders do not intend to furnish minimum staffing set out in invitation for bids
(IFB) is denied where a reasonable reading of the IFB shows that at least one of
the lower-priced bidder's proposed staffing is consistent with the staffing set out in
IFB.
DECISION

JWK International Corporation protests the award of a contract under invitation for
bids (IFB) No. N62467-95-B-1126, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval
Facilities Engineering Command, for base operations services at the agency's facility
in McGregor, Texas. The protester asserts that the five lower bids submitted in
response to the IFB are nonresponsive because each bid contains evidence, on its
face, that the bidder does not intend to comply with the IFB's statement of work.

We deny the protest.

The IFB, issued as a small business set-aside, called for award of a combination
firm, fixed-price and indefinite quantity contract for operations and maintenance at
the facility, for a 6-month base period with four 1-year options and a fifth, 6-month,
option period. Contract line item numbers (CLIN) 0001, 0011, 0021, 0031, 0041, and
0051 represented the fixed-price portion of the work for the base and option


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