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B-286679.2 1 (2001-05-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptammu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Hunot Fire Retardant Company File: B-286679.2 Date: May 21, 2001 John G. Horan, Esq., McDermott, Will & Emery, for the protester. Paul F. Dauer, Esq., Dauer & Thompson, an intervenor. Marion T. Cordova, Esq., United States Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency should have considered the clean-up costs associated with using one firm's fire retardant in determining the lowest bidder is denied where solicitation did not advise prospective bidders that agency would evaluate such costs; solictations must expressly indicate any price-related factors (other than bid price) that agency intends to evaluate for award purposes. DECISION Hunot Fire Retardant Company protests the award of a contract to Fire-Trol Holdings, L.L.C. under invitation for bids (IFB) No. 49-00-12, issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service for long-term fire retardant. Hunot alleges that the agency improperly failed to add certain costs to the Fire-Trol bid in arriving at the firm's price for award purposes, and that Hunot's price would have been low had the agency added these costs. We deny the protest. The IFB contemplates the award of one or more requirements contracts to furnish bulk fire retardant at numerous temporary and permanent bases throughout the United States. IFB at 129. The solicitation included a standard clause from the Agriculture Acquisition Regulation (AGAR) which provides: To evaluate offers for award purposes, the Government will apply the Offeror's proposed fixed prices/rates to the estimated quantities

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