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B-298248 1 (2006-08-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaspp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Triple H Services File: B-298248; B-298248.2 Date: August 1, 2006 Pamela Hoyle for the protester. William A. Lubick, Esq., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for the agency. Debra Ransom, B.R. Mowing, Inc., for the intervenor. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is denied where record fails to support protester's contentions that awardee's bid is materially unbalanced or that agency's affirmative determination of responsibility for the firm was improper. DECISION Triple H Services protests the award of a contract to B.R. Mowing, Inc. under invitation for bids (IFB) No. W911WN-06-B-0002, issued by the Army Corps of Engineers for buildings and grounds maintenance services at Berlin Lake, Berlin Center, Ohio. The protester contends that the awardee's bid is materially unbalanced and challenges the agency's affirmative determination of the awardee's responsibility. We deny the protest. The IFB, issued on February 19, 2006, contemplated the award of a fixed-price requirements contract for building and grounds maintenance services, including grass mowing and cleaning services, for a base period plus 4 option years; the IFB required that employees be compensated at prevailing wage rates during the term of the contract. IFB at 18, 39, 41. Five bids were received by the agency. B.R. Mowing, the incumbent contractor for the services, submitted the low bid, at $867,243.55; Triple H submitted the next low bid, at $1,111,600. Noting that the incumbent's bid was also lower than the agency estimate and the firm's prior contract price for the work, the agency asked B.R. Mowing to confirm its price.

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