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Comptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548
Decision
Matter of: Jack Faucett Associates
File: B-277555
Date: September 12, 1997
Jack G. Faucett for the protester.
Beverly Maria Russell, Esq., Department of Transportation, for the agency.
Henry J. Gorczycki, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Where solicitation states a best value evaluation plan and that the agency will award
from one to three contracts, the agency's decision to award two contracts to the
two undisputed superior offerors is unobjectionable.
DECISION
Jack Faucett Associates protests the failure of the Department of Transportation,
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), to make an award to it under request for
proposals (RFP) No. DTFH61-97-R-00010, for technical and program support
services to assist FHWA in developing and evaluating transportation policy issues.
We deny the protest.
The RFP, issued on February 5, 1997, contemplated award of:
one or more (but most likely not more than three) indefinite
delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts from this solicitation.
Work will be performed under these contracts through the placement
of Task Orders that may be either: firm fixed price (FFP), cost plus
fixed fee (CPFF) or cost plus award fee (CPAF).
The use of multiple award contracts will allow FHWA to take
continuous advantage [during the placement of task orders] of the
competitive forces of the commercial market place which will result in
lower prices, better quality, and improved contractor performance in
satisfying FHWA requirements.
This requirement is not a small business set-aside.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptagcv0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)