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B-277572 1 (1997-10-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagcw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: HG Properties A, L.P. File: B-277572; B-277572.2; B-277572.3 Date: October 29, 1997 Thomas W. Rochford, TRS Design & Consulting Services, for the protester. Lisa A. Hallenbeck, Esq., Poore, Roth & Robinson, for Mountain States Leasing- Libby, an intervenor. Richard Salazar, U.S. Forest Service, for the agency. Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In a negotiated procurement for the lease of office and related space, the agency unreasonably found that the awardee's proposed layout satisfied all solicitation requirements and was entitled to a high evaluation score, where the layout was inconsistent with the stated requirement that the computer room be located away from areas housing microwave equipment and radio transmitters. DECISION HG Properties A, L.P., protests the award of a lease by the U.S. Forest Service to Mountain States Leasing-Libby (MSL) under solicitation for offers (SFO) No. R1-97-04. We sustain the protest. The SFO requested offers for a 10-year lease with two 5-year options for a minimum of 20,728 to a maximum of 21,000 occupiable square feet (sq. ft.) of office and related space in a new or existing building for a Forest Service supervisor's office within the city limits, or up to 2.5 miles outside the city limits, of Libby, Montana. A formula was provided for calculating occupiable space, which the SFO defined to be that portion of rentable space that is available for a tenant's personnel, equipment, and furnishings. The SFO stated that the space must be ready for occupancy by March 1, 1998, and informed offerors that if a different occupancy date were proposed, the contracting officer would determine if that date would reasonably fulfill the Forest Service's needs. The SFO provided specifications detailing the architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, utilities, maintenance, and service requirements. One special requirement of the specifications was that the computer room space must be

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