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B-284617 1 (2000-05-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalaw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa E Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: WinStar Federal Services File: B-284617; B-284617.2; B-284617.3 Date: May 17, 2000 Christopher R. Yukins, Esq., Frank K Peterson, Esq., and David S. Black, Esq., Holland & Knight, for the protester. Marcia G. Madsen, Esq., David F. Dowd, Esq., Michael J. Farley, Esq., and Lisanne S. Cottington, Esq., Miller & Chevalier, for Bell Atlantic Federal Integrated Solutions, Inc., an intervenor. Michelle Harrell, Esq., Michael Ettner, Esq., and Lydia Kupersmith, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Paul E. Jordan, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Proposal for telecommunication services at prices below those in existing tariffs was not improper where solicitation provided that awardee was required to file necessary revisions to existing tariffs within a specified period of time after award, and awardee's final pro po sal committed to submit all required tariff filings. 2. In fixed-price contract to provide telecommunication services in the National Capital Region where solicitation stated that agency would perform price analysis to ensure that prices were fair, reasonable and realistic, agency's price analysis was reasonable where it considered the overall balance of proposed prices, the recent downward price trends in the telecommunications industry, and the prices recently obtained under similar contracts. 3. Discussions were adequate where agency led protester into the areas of its price proposal that warranted amplification or clarification; agency was not obligated to afford protester all-encompassing discussions regarding each item of its proposal that could be improved.

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