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B-281409 1 (1998-12-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahyh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: American Artisan Productions, hie. File: B-281409 Date: December 21, 1998 Arthur L. Friedman for the protester. Amanda Coggins and Ray W. DeHart for Capitol Exhibit Services, Inc.; and Charlotte Frank for Concept Management Promotional Services, the intervenors. Kacie A. Haberly, Esq., and Rick P. Glassband, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Peter A. Jannicelli, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that solicitation's 15-day response period was inadequate is denied where: (1) the solicitation contemplated submission of offers for commercial items and related services and the contracting officer determined that 15 days was a reasonable time to prepare and submit proposals based upon her experience with a previous procurement for this requirement; (2) the requirement was synopsized in the Commerce Business Daily 42 days before proposals were due; (3) no potential offerors other than the protester complained that the response period was too short; and (4) five offers were received in a timely manner. DECISION American Artisan Productions, Inc. (AAP) protests that the Federal Supply Service, General Services Administration (GSA), did not allow sufficient time for preparation of proposals in response to request for proposals (RFP) No. FCXM-T8-980002-N, for the lease of an exhibit booth and related services for several large-scale exhibition projects during fiscal year 1999. We deny the protest. The requirement was synopsized in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) on September 16, 1998. CBDNet Submission No. 250631, Sept. 16, 1998, at 1. On October 13, the RFP was issued as a total small business set-aside to all firms that responded to the CBD synopsis. RFP at 1; GSA Legal Report at 2. The RFP required that offers be submitted by October 28. RFP at 1. The RFP requested technical and price proposals for a fixed-price lease of a large exhibit booth that can be reconfigured into smaller booths; the exhibit booths will be used at three different trade fairs. RFP at 2, 6, 35. The RFP included options for the lease of

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