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B-291440 1 (2002-12-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaoje0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity* Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Warden Associates, Inc. File: B-291440; B-291440.2 Date: December 27, 2002 Harlan Wax for the protester. Kenneth W. Dodds, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agency. Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency established unreasonably short deadline to respond to request for quotations issued under the Federal Supply Schedule program is denied, where protester essentially admits it could have timely responded but chose not to. DECISION Warden Associates, Inc. protests the issuance of a task order by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under request for quotations (RFQ) SBAHQ-02-Q-0043 for consulting services related to performing cost comparisons under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76. Warden contends that the RFQ, which sought a technical and price proposal under Warden's General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract, did not permit sufficient time for response. Warden also challenges the selection of the only vendor that submitted a response, Jefferson Consulting Group. We deny the protest. The record includes an SBA requisition, dated July 18, 2002, for a consultant to assist the agency in the conduct of A-76 cost comparison studies. The SBA's estimate of the cost of services was approximately $175,000. AR Tab C, Requisition for Services. However, funding did not become available, and the requisition therefore was not approved, until approximately 6 p.m. on Friday, September 27. At 9:15 p.m. that day, the contracting officer faxed the RFQ to four FSS vendors, including Warden, and left telephone messages with each vendor as well. Warden claims it never received the telephone message.

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