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B-281042 1 (1998-12-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahxv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: De Ralco, Inc. File: B-281042 Date: December 7, 1998 Ralph W. Sepulvado for the protester. Joan S. Ratliff, Esq., and Charlma J. Quarles, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Bidder's submission of prices for work to be deleted rather than prices for the work remaining after the deletion was responsive to solicitation requirement that bidders furnish prices for all line items, where the bidder's prices for the remaining work are readily ascertainable from the face of its bid. Bid entry of prices for the work to be deleted was properly waived by agency as a minor informality which did not prejudice other bidders. DECISION De Ralco, Inc. protests the award of a contract to J&B Construction Company under invitation for bids (IFB) No. 509-50-98, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for renovating a wing of a mental health outpatient clinic. De Ralco asserts that J&B's low bid should be rejected as nonresponsive because J&B's method of pricing the three deductive bid items was inconsistent with the solicitation requirements. We deny the protest. The IFB requested bids for the demolition and subsequent renovation of the F wing of the mental health outpatient clinic at the VA Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia. It provided for a single award on a fixed-price basis, depending upon the funds available, and required bidders to submit prices for each bid item. The IFB schedule included a line item for a base bid, representing the entire demolition and renovation effort, and three line items for alternate deductive bids. The alternate deductive bid items Nos. 1 through 3 represent various deletions of the work, with each respective alternate deductive bid item deleting more of the work. Alternate deductive bid item No. 3 incorporated the deletions made in alternate deductive bid item Nos. 1 and 2, and made one additional deletion in the work to be performed, which consisted of deleting a storefront window system and replacing it with a

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