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B-287655 1 (2001-07-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamqo0001 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: SatoTravel File: B-287655 Date: July 5, 2001 James H. Roberts, III, Esq., and David A. Leib, Esq., Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, for the protester. Josephine L. Ursini, Esq., for N&N Travel and Tours, Inc., an intervenor. John D. Inazu, Esq., Michael G. Vecera, Esq., and Gerald M. Lawler, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Linda S. Lebowitz, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Awardee took no exception to the terms of the solicitation by proposing to provide commercial travel office services at no cost to the government in any of the performance periods as evidenced by its insertion on the solicitation's price schedule of $zero for the base period and a discount fee/rebate (an amount less than $zero) for each of the option periods. DECISION SatoTravel protests the award of a contract to N&N Travel and Tours, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. F41689-00-R-0065, issued by the Department of the Air Force for official commercial travel office services at various Air Force facilities. SatoTravel essentially contends that N&N's proposal did not conform to the terms of the RFP and could not properly form the basis for award. We deny the protest. The RFP contemplated the award of a fixed-price requirements contract (no guaranteed minimum) for the base period and eight 6-month option periods to the responsible offeror whose proposal represented the best value to the government, the mission capability technical evaluation factor (staffing and personnel qualifications, performance plan, and small and small disadvantaged business participation), past performance, and price considered. Proposals determined technically acceptable would be ranked according to price, and then the offerors'

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