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B-279839 1 (1998-07-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahtw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Rothe Development, Inc. File: B-279839 Date: July 27, 1998 David F. Barton, Esq., The Gardner Law Firm, for the protester. Clarence D. Long, III, Esq., and Wilbert W. Edgerton, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In soliciting proposals for a contract for operation and maintenance services, agency did not improperly disclose information proprietary to the protester regarding the number of individuals employed by the protester for the performance of the predecessor contract where the information disclosed cannot reasonably be considered proprietary and the protester's claim that it was competitively disadvantaged by the release of the information is speculative at best. DECISION Rothe Development, Inc. protests the award of a contract to any other offeror under request for proposals (RFP) No. F34608-98-R-0016, issued by the Department of the Air Force, for operation and maintenance services for the base telecommunications system (BTS) and network control center (NCC) at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Rothe, the incumbent contractor for a portion of the services, alleges that it was placed at a competitive disadvantage because the agency disclosed certain information which allegedly is proprietary to Rothe. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on March 6, 1998, provides for the award of a fixed-price requirements contract for a base period with four 1-year options. The contractor will be required to provide all personnel, equipment, parts, materials, tools, operation and maintenance documentation, and other items and services necessary to perform operations and maintenance of the BTS and NCC. RFP § C 1.1.1. The RFP lists company organization, quality, and safety as the technical evaluation factors, and includes evaluation subfactors under each of these evaluation factors. RFP § M-800 B. With regard to the company organization evaluation factor, the RFP lists eight evaluation subfactors, including personnel. Id. The RFP states that,

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