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B-282232 1 (1999-06-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajjd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: E.D.P. Enterprises, hie. File: B-282232 Date: June 17, 1999 Keith L. Baker, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, for the protester. John Richardson, Esq., and David H. Brunjes, Esq., Department of the Treasury, for the agency. Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Solicitation bonding requirements are unobjectionable where the agency reasonably required bonds in an amount designed to ensure continuous provision of on-site food services for students in federal training programs, and where contractor will have the use of government-furnished facility and equipment in order to provide the required food services. DECISION E.D.P. Enterprises, Inc., a small business, protests the bonding requirements in request for proposals (RFP) No. FTC 99-3, issued by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, for the provision of food services at its training center in Glynco, Georgia. EDP asserts that the bonding requirements are unreasonable and unduly restrict competition. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on January 27, 1999 and amended three times, calls for offers to provide three meals per day in support of center training programs in a cafeteria-style dining facility on the center grounds. The center offers a variety of training programs that range from a single week to 18 weeks in duration, and typically employs approximately 2,000 staff and contract support personnel to provide training for 2,000 students. The students receive all their meals in the dining facility, and many staff members eat some of their meals in the facility. The agency states that although there are restaurants in the surrounding area, none of them are able to provide meals for the student population within the time available during training sessions. Contracting Officer's Statement at 2.

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