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B-282277.2 1 (1999-07-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajjk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa E Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: American Analytical & Technical Services, Inc. File: B-282277.2 Date: July 16, 1999 Robert J. Martinez, Esq., Williams & Jensen, for the protester. Kenneth R. Pakula, Esq., Environmental Protection Agency, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency properly did not reject bids as nonresponsive that failed to include prices for certain contract line items (CLIN) where prices were submitted for all of the sub- CLINs that comprised the CLIN, even though the solicitation suggested that prices should be submitted for the CLINs as well as the sub-CLINs. DECISION American Analytical & Technical Services, Inc. protests the agency's actions under invitation for bids (IFB) No. PR-HQ-98-00031, issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for laboratory services. American contends that certain bids failed to properly complete the IFB pricing schedule and therefore should have been rejected as nonresponsive. We deny the protest. The IFB, issued July 22, 1998, was to procure multiple contractors under indefinite-quantity contracts to provide laboratory services to analyze samples from hazardous waste sites to determine the presence and concentration of certain organic analytes in aqueous and non-aqueous samples. IFB § B.1. As amended, the IFB allowed bidders to bid based on a maximum monthly capacity of 100 samples per month, 300 samples per month, or a combination of both. IFB amend. 3, § B-2. The IFB contemplated the award of 19 1-year contracts with two yearly options, with no more than 3 contracts to be awarded to one bidder, and with 9 of the contracts based on a 100-sample monthly capacity and 10 of the contracts based on a 300-

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