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B-275157 1 (1997-01-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaftn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Grants Janitorial and Food Service, Inc. File: B-275157 Date: January 27, 1997 Todd W. Smyth, Esq., and Louis P. Herns, Esq., Hood Law Firm, for the protester. Maj. Robert L. Duecaster, Department of the Army, for the agency. Stephen K Simpson, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services, for the intervenor. C. Douglas McArthur, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Under solicitation issued subject to the Randolph-Sheppard Act (establishing priority for the blind in the award of contracts for operation of vending facilities on federal property) which did not require state licensing agency (SLA) for the blind to demonstrate in its offer the extent of its commitment to employing the blind in the performance of the contract, contention that the SLA has not made a firm commitment to ensuring the employment of the blind concerns a matter of contract administration for consideration by the contracting agency and the Department of Education, which is charged with overseeing the SLA's performance and is not for review by the General Accounting Office. DECISION Grants Janitorial and Food Service, Inc. protests the award of a contract to the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services, a state licensing agency (SLA) for the blind, under request for proposals (RFP) No. DABT02-96-R-0002, for food services at Fort McClellan, Alabama. Grants essentially argues that it was improper to apply an award preference to the SLA's offer without considering whether its proposed operating contractor had made a commitment to employ or assist the blind during performance. We dismiss the protest. The RFP called for award of a fixed-price requirements contract for a 1-year fiscal year 1997 base period, with four 1-year option periods. The RFP listed seven evaluation factors, in addition to price. It warned offerors that proposals unrealistically low in price would be deemed reflective of a lack of competence or a failure to understand the requirements of the statement of work. It also advised 529127

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