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B-274012 1 (1996-10-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaekm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Grunley Schlosser Joint Venture File: B-274012 Date: October 24, 1996 Herman M. Braude, Esq., and Samuel M. Morrison, Jr., Esq., Braude & Margulies, for the protester. Douglas L. Patin, Esq., and Robert Symon, Esq., Spriggs & Hollingsworth, for Morse Diesel International, Inc., an intervenor. Emily C. Hewitt, Esq., Gary F. Davis, Esq., and Kathleen M. McCartney, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Low bid under an invitation for bids calling for a base bid and two options is not materially unbalanced where there is no basis to conclude that the bid contains significantly overstated prices for the base bid such that it could be considered mathematically unbalanced. 2. Base bid which is less than, two times greater, than the government's estimate or the protester's next low bid is not so front-loaded as to be tantamount to an improper advance payment that would require rejection of the bid. DECISION Grunley Schlosser Joint Venture protests the award of a contract to Morse Diesel International, Inc. under invitation for bids (IFB) No. GS-11P-96-MKC-0015, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for modernization of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)/U.S. Customs Service (USCS) buildings complex in Washington, D.C. Grunley Schlosser argues that Morse Diesel's bid should have been rejected as unbalanced. We deny the protest. The IFB, issued May 16, 1996, contemplated the award of a firm, fixed-price contract for the modernization of the ICC building, the USCS building and a connecting wing building. The renovation is to proceed in several phases while the buildings remain partially occupied. Bidders were required to provide a total price for a base bid, option 1 and option 2. The base bid includes the replacement of the 6011025

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