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B-186062 1 (1976-09-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadczv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: doo THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FILE: B-186062 DATE: September 10, 1976 MArTER OF: Airways Rent-A-Car DIGEST: While it was improper to make award to bidder which greatly exceeded IFB requirement that dispatching point be located not more than 15 minutes from terminal, GAO does not recommend contract be terminated for convenience since at time of award on March 1, 1976, waiver of require- ment was permitted in decisions later overruled in Haughton Elevator Division, Reliance Electric Company, B-184865, May 3, 1976, 55 Comp. Gen. /,5j 76-1 CPD 294. In future procurements definitive criteria of responsibility such as 15-minute requirement should be strictly enforced. Airways Rent-A-Car (Airways) protests award of a contract to American International Rent-A-Car (A.I.), the low bidder under invitation for bids (IFB) No. 3FP-B6-R-3813 issued by the Federal Supply Service (FSS), General Services Administration, Region III. The IFB, issued November 12, 1975, requested the furnishing of motor vehicle rental services without drivers for Government travelers on official business. The IFB, on page 5, states that the Con- tractor's dispatching point must be located not more than fifteen * minutes travel time from the passenger terminal. The passenger terminal referred to is located at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, D.C. A.I.'s dispatching point as designated by it in the IFB and at the time of commencement of the contract on March.1, 1976, was 607 S. Camp Meade Road, Baltimore, Maryland, which is considerably further than the 15 minutes required by the IFB. By letter dated January 12, 1976, to the FSS, Airways contended that A.I. does not operate from a dispatching point within 15 minutes' travel time from the passenger terminal. This contention was taken into consideration when a plant facilities report was requested. The completed report dated February 6, 1976, stated that A.I. was - 1 -

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