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B-276012 1 (1997-05-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafwx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Integrity International Security Services, Inc. File: B-276012 Date: May 1, 1997 Joel S. Rubinstein, Esq., Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, for the protester. Richard E. Hurst, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Behn Miller, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that minimum experience requirement---requiring offerors to have completed two security guard contracts of at least 175,000 hours--is unduly restrictive of competition is denied since the magnitude and nature of the procurement-- particularly, the safety concerns caused by recent terrorist events--reasonably justify the restriction in order to ensure that contractors have a minimally adequate track record of past performance with comparable security guard projects. DECISION Integrity International Security Services, Inc. protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. GS-11P-96-MPC-0510, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for security guard services at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. The protester contends that the RFP's minimum experience requirement--which limits eligibility for award to those offerors who, within the past 5 years, have performed two similar security guard contracts involving at least 175,000 hours each--is unduly restrictive. We deny the protest. When completed, the Ronald Reagan Building will be the second largest federal office building in the United States.1 As specified in the solicitation, GSA estimates that the facility will require approximately 350,000 security guard hours per year-- which is one of the largest security guard service requirements in the industry. 1The Ronald Reagan Building will house the United States Customs Service, the Agency for International Development, the Environmental Protection Agency, an international trade center, and numerous private offices and retail shops. 1231416

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