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B-400049.2 1 (2009-01-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadarw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JiL AL G A O Comptroller General Accuntabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Melbourne Commerce, LLC File: B-400049.2 Date: January 9, 2009 Gregory Politis for the protester. Duane C. Pitt, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging rejection of offer for lease of office space is denied where offeror failed to furnish required evidence of a conditional commitment of funds in an amount necessary to prepare the space. DECISION Melbourne Commerce, LLC of Clearwater, Florida protests the rejection of its offer under solicitation for offers (SFO) No. 7FL2052, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for the lease of office space for the Social Security Administration (SSA) in Melbourne, Florida. The protester argues that the agency erred in rejecting its offer based on the firm's failure to furnish evidence of a conditional commitment of funds in an amount necessary to prepare the space. We deny the protest. The SFO contemplated the award of a 10-year lease for a minimum of 18,508 square feet of office space. Of relevance to this protest, the solicitation required offerors to submit with their offers satisfactory evidence of at least a conditional commitment of funds in an amount necessary to prepare the space. The commitment was required to be signed by an authorized bank officer and, at a minimum, state the amount of the loan, its term in years, the annual percentage rate, and the length of the loan commitment. Melbourne submitted its offer by the December 14, 2007 closing date. By letter dated January 18, 2008, the real estate brokerage firm that conducted this acquisition on behalf of GSA notified the protester that a number of the forms required to be

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