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B-279724 1 (1998-07-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahtn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: CW Construction Services & Materials, Inc. File: B-279724 Date: July 15, 1998 Kurt Thalwitzer, Esq., Mateer & Harbert, for the protester. Denise Benjamin-Bibby, Esq., Small Business Administration, and Thomas W. Burt, Esq., Office of the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, for the agencies. Aldo A. Benejam, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Small Business Administration (SBA) reasonably determined that protester was ineligible for award of 8(a) construction contract where protester failed to provide sufficient information during SBA's investigation to show that it established and maintained an office staffed with at least one full-time employee within the geographic area specified in the solicitation. 2. Protest that solicitation for 8(a) construction contract contained a latent ambiguity is denied where protester has not demonstrated a reasonable possibility that it was prejudiced by the alleged ambiguity. DECISION CW Construction Services & Materials, Inc. (CW) protests the determination by the Small Business Administration (SBA) that the firm is ineligible for award because it does not satisfy the geographic restriction contained in invitation for bids (IFB) No. DCAO1-98-B-0025, issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District for construction repairs at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. The protester argues that the SBA's determination was unreasonable because CW maintains an office with at least one full-time employee within the geographic area specified in the IFB. The protester also argues that the IFB's geographic restriction contained a latent ambiguity. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The IFB was issued on February 17, 1998, as a competitive small disadvantaged business set-aside under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. § 637(a) (1994). The IFB sought bids for interior and exterior construction repairs to

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