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B-289579 1 (2002-03-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaodi0001 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: The Standard Register Company File: B-289579 Date: March 5, 2002 Anthony W. Hawks, Esq., for the protester. Drew Spalding, Esq., Government Printing Office, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Fact that prior contracts on which protester experienced performance problems were performed at facilities different from the one to be used for current contract did not preclude agency from considering the contracts in finding protester nonresponsible. DECISION The Standard Register Company protests the award of a contract to Monarch Litho, Inc. under invitation for bids (IFB) No. 484-733, issued by the Government Printing Office (GPO) for production of integrated card production systems. Standard asserts that the agency improperly determined that it was nonresponsible. We deny the protest. The IFB sought bids for the production and delivery of 4.5 million sets of envelopes and envelope carriers for use by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Delivery was to be made in increments of 1.125 million sets on each of four dates, beginning January 14 and ending March 18, 2002. Both Standard and Monarch submitted responsive bids, with Standard's the apparent low bid at $382,050. Because Standard's bid was low, the contracting officer investigated the firm's past performance to assess its responsibility. This included examination of Standard's performance of contract No. 477-716, performed at Standard's Maryland facility, and contract No. 0621-S, which (agency records show) was to be performed at Standard's Kirksville, Missouri facility, the same facility proposed for performance of this requirement, but which Standard moved to its York, Pennsylvania facility after award. Based on unfavorable reports, including a 100-percent late performance

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