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B-277235.2 1 (1997-11-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagbg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: MEI, Inc. File: B-277235.2 Date: November 12, 1997 Conrad C. Ledoux, Esq., and Herman M. Braude, Esq., Braude & Margulies, P.C., for the protester. Maj. Jonathan C. Guden and Col. Nicholas P. Retson, Department of the Army, for the agency. Tania L. Calhoun, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that awardee does not meet solicitation's definitive responsibility criterion requiring proof of 5 years of experience for the type of work to be performed is sustained where record shows the contracting officer did not have adequate, objective evidence the bidder satisfied the criterion; contracting officer improperly considered qualifications of bidder's subcontractor in determining bidder's responsibility; and, in any event, contracting officer did not have adequate, objective evidence that the subcontractor satisfied the criterion on behalf of bidder. DECISION MEI, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Solutions to Environmental Problems, Inc. (STEP) under invitation for bids (IFB) No. DABAT1O-97-B-0008, issued by the Department of the Army for the inspection and repair of storm and sanitary sewer lines at Fort Benning, Georgia. MEI argues that STEP does not meet the solicitation's definitive responsibility criterion and is thus ineligible for award. We sustain the protest. The successful bidder was to be awarded a fixed-price requirements contract to provide an array of services associated with the inspection and repair of storm and sanitary sewer lines. The type of work to be performed includes sewer line cleaning; television inspection of sewer lines; testing, grouting, and retesting of joints; repair of point deficiencies; sliplining; pipe bursting and relining; manhole work; excavation, trenching, and backfilling; replacement of building service laterals; concrete and asphalt work; and site work. Paragraph H.26 of the IFB

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