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B-277572.4 1 (1998-02-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahmk0001 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-277572.4 Date: February 11, 1998 Thomas W. Rochford, TRS Design & Consulting Services, for the protester. Patricia Dearing, Department of Agriculture, 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 Protest challenging the amendment of a solicitation for lease of office space that delays the requested occupancy date and deletes references to microwave equipment is denied where the later occupancy date satisfies the agency's needs and accommodates delays caused by a prior protest and where the agency had determined that it will have no microwave equipment in the office space. DECISION HG Properties A, L.P. protests the U.S. Forest Service's amendment of solicitation for offers (SFO) No. R1-97-04. We deny the protest. As issued, the SFO requested offers for a 10-year lease with two 5-year options for office and related space in a new or existing building for a Forest Service supervisor's office within or near Libby, Montana. 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 located away from areas housing microwave equipment and radio transmitters. The SFO provided for a best value basis for award and stated that technical evaluation factors were of equal importance to price. The proposal preparation instructions required offerors to provide, among other things, plans illustrating the space offered, and site plans showing the placement of the building on-site,

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