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B-403874.2 1 (2011-01-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoxn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General LAccountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Lulus Ostrich Ranch File: B-403874.2 Date: January 13, 2011 William R. Hayward for the protester. Tina M. Pixler, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency did not mislead offeror to increase its price during discussions by asking the protester to confirm whether its prices for certain contract line item numbers were in error, and that it understood the requirements, since its pricing for these items was low as compared to the agency's historical price information. DECISION Lulus Ostrich Ranch, of San Marcos, Texas, protests the award of a contract to Immediate Supply General Trading Co., of Hawally, Kuwait, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W52P1J-10-R-0199, issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Materiel Command, for pallet cleaning and repair services. The protester contends that during discussions with the agency it was misled to increase what otherwise would have been the winning price. We deny the protest. The RFP contemplated the award of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity fixed-price contract for a base year and four 1-year options. Pursuant to the RFP, award was to be made to the offeror that submitted the lowest priced technically acceptable proposal.' RFP at 2. Offerors were required to propose separate prices for contract line item numbers (CLIN) listed in the RFP's price schedule and the RFP advised that the agency would evaluate offerors' prices by adding all CLIN prices for ' The RFP established the following technical evaluation factors: technical capability, quality control plan, management plan, and transition plan. RFP at 36.

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