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B-279633 1 (1998-06-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahtd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Neals Janitorial Service File: B-279633 Date: June 3, 1998 Ralph B. Neal for the protester. Thomas W. Berndt, Esq., and Bernard J. Roan, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 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 1. An agency may disclose bid prices to competitors after the prices have been announced at a public bid opening. 2. Agency's determination that slightly unbalanced prices for separately priced, indefinite-quantity line items do not present a risk that the government will pay unreasonably high prices for contract performance is reasonable, where the evaluated price of the items is based on estimated quantities and there is no evidence that the estimates are inaccurate. DECISION Neals Janitorial Service protests an award to South Bay Maintenance Company, Inc., under request for offers (RFO) No. 2-36308(MXD), issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Ames Research Center for janitorial, refuse collection, grounds maintenance, and pest control services at Ames Research Center (including Moffet Federal Airfield), Moffet Field, California, and at Onizuka Air Station Annexes I, II and III (adjacent to Ames). We deny the protest in part and dismiss it in part. The services to be performed at Ames were previously solicited under invitation for bids (IFB) No. IFB2-36271(JMS). NASA canceled the IFB after bid opening after determining that the statement of work did not provide adequate information to permit all bidders to determine workload requirements, and thus the IFB did not allow for competition on a common basis. Neals, which had submitted the second low bid on that solicitation, protested the cancellation. Our decision, Neals Janitorial Serv., B-276625, July 3, 1997, 97-2 CPD 6, denied the protest, finding that the agency had a compelling reason to cancel the IFB.

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