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B-286086 1 (2000-11-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalfg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa __Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: R. L. Sockey Real Estate & Construction, Inc. File: B-286086 Date: November 17, 2000 Belva Brooks Barber, Esq., Barber & Barber, for the protester. Lynn W. Flanagan, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest alleging unfairness and bias in evaluation of firm's proposal for rental of office space is denied where the record shows the agency reasonably downgraded firm's proposal, consistent with evaluation factors, for weaknesses regarding the building proposed for lease to the agency. DECISION R. L. Sockey Real Estate & Construction, Inc. protests the award of a lease by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), to Cagle & Nobles under solicitation for offers (SFO) No. 57-7335-0-3. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND Together with another Department of Agriculture agency, the Farms Service Agency (FSA), NRCS has been leasing office space from Sockey under a lease whose initial 5-year term expired at the end of September 1999. This lease included a 5-year renewal option, with the rental rate to be negotiated at the time of renewal. Agency Report (AR) exh. 4, Sockey Lease. In August 1999, FSA began negotiating with Sockey for lease renewal terms, but was not willing to accept Sockey's offer at $14.80 per square foot. In October, the contracting officer concluded that Sockey's final offered rate of $14.00 per square foot was unreasonable and terminated the negotiations with Sockey. AR exh. 2, Memorandum of Law, at 3.

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