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B-288317 1 (2001-08-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamrs0001 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: Surface Technologies Corporation File: B-288317 Date: August 22, 2001 Mary C. Sorrell, Esq., for the protester. Veronica E. Murtha, Esq., Department of the Navy, 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 Contracting officer's determination to solicit proposals for the awards of cost-reimbursement, as opposed to fixed-price, contracts for the performance of shipboard preservation services was reasonable where, given the unpredictable nature of the variables associated with this type of work, cost-reimbursement contracts will allow the agency to work with contractors to achieve the solicitation's preservation requirements with maximum flexibility and minimal delays. DECISION Surface Technologies Corporation (STC) protests the cost-reimbursement terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. N00024-01-R-4050, issued by the Department of the Navy for shipboard preservation services. STC maintains that the contracting officer's determination to solicit proposals for the awards of cost-reimbursement, as opposed to fixed-price, contracts was unreasonable. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on May 4, 2001, contemplated multiple awards of cost-plus-incentive fee/level-of-effort contracts for the base period and four 1-year option periods. Under the RFP, contractors will be required to perform state-of-the-art preservation services (coating removal, surface preparation, and coating application) on commissioned naval vessels (strategic and attack submarines, carriers, and other

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