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A G A O Comptroller General
. Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
Decision
Matter of: Dellew Corporation
File: B-299408
Date: May 1, 2007
Kelsey Lewis for the protester.
Terry Hart Lee, Esq., Department of Commerce, for the agency.
John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Although as a general matter a contracting agency has broad discretion with regard
to the scheduling of site visits, the agency's exercise of that discretion was
unreasonable where the protester was unable to attend a timely requested site visit
because the agency first informed the protester only one day before the date and
time of the site visit that the site visit had been scheduled and unreasonably declined
the protester's reasonable request for a later site visit to allow that firm a meaningful
opportunity to compete.
DECISION
Dellew Corporation protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. AB 133F-
07-RP-0017, issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Department of Commerce, for operation and maintenance services at the Newport
Research Center, Newport, Oregon.' The protester also argues that the agency failed
to reasonably accommodate its request for a site visit.
We sustain the protest.
The RFP, issued on December 21, 2006, provided for the award of a fixed-price
contract for a base period of 1 year with four 1-year options. The RFP included a
detailed statement of work and proposal preparation instructions, and advised
potential offerors that all questions concerning [the] solicitation were to be
1 The Newport Research Center consists of three office/laboratory buildings and two
support structures, and is located on the campus of the Oregon State University.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptauep0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)