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B-401807,B-401807.2 1 (2009-11-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbbu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,G A O Comptroller General LXn , Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Hotel Contracting Services, Inc. File: B-401807; B-401807.2 Date: November 25, 2009 Terrence M. O'Connor, Esq., and Stephanie D. Wilson, Esq., Albo & Oblon, LLP, for the protester. Capt. Elisabeth L. Gilman, Department of the Army, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of a proposal for a hotel for use by applicants to a Military Entrance Processing Station as unsatisfactory because the proposed facility was located too far from the airport to meet the solicitation's timeframes for picking up applicants is denied where the record supports the reasonableness of the agency's determination. 2. Protest challenging agency's decision not to set the procurement aside for exclusive small business participation is untimely when first raised after award; in any event, even though this unrestricted competition resulted in offers from more than two small business concerns, the decision not to set aside the procurement is unobjectionable where, at the time the determination was made, the agency had no reasonable expectation that offers from two responsible small business concerns would be received, and where the Small Business Administration concurred with the decision not to set aside the procurement. DECISION Hotel Contracting Services, Inc. (HCS) of Carson City, Nevada, protests the award of a contract to Global Events Management of Balston Lake, New York, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W9124D-09-R-0012, issued by the Department of the Army for meals, lodging and transportation for the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS). The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of its proposal, argues that discussions should have been held, and contends that the procurement should have been set aside for small businesses. We deny the protest.

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