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B-283288.2 1 (1999-12-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajly0001 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: Jones, Russotto & Walker File: B-283288.2 Date: December 17, 1999 Robert G. Jones, Esq., for the protester. Richard A. Marchese, Esq., Department of Housing & Urban Development, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging contracting agency's decision to conduct competitive procurement rather than exercising incumbent contractor's option is not for consideration because the decision whether to exercise an option is a matter of c o ntrac t administration. 2. Protest by an incumbent contractor that solicitation does not present adequate information to permit bidders to compete is denied where the solicitation provides sufficiently detailed information on the agency's requirements to enable bidders to intelligently prepare a bid on relatively equal terms. 3. Protest that solicitation estimates for the number of anticipated real estate closings are inaccurate is denied where the estimates are based on rationally adjusted historical data and the record does not establish that the estimates are unreasonable or not based on the best information reasonably available to the agency. DECISION Jones, Russotto & Walker (Jones) protests the terms of invitation for bids (IFB) No. B-PHI-00419, issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for real estate closing services in connection with the sale of single-family

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