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B-408018.2,B-408018.3 1 (2013-05-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpny0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Ac; tbilty *bi integrilty I Reiiabikty of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Herman Construction Group, Inc. File: B-408018.2; B-408018.3 Date: May 31, 2013 William L. Bruckner, Esq., and Branden L. Timboe, Esq., Bruckner Law Firm, for the protester. Christian M. Butler, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, 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 reasonably rejected protester's proposal where record shows that the protester failed to submit its price proposal information in a Microsoft Excel (XLS) file format as required by the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Herman Construction Group, Inc., of San Diego, California, protests the rejection of its proposal under request for proposals (RFP) No. HSBP1013ROO17 issued by the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, for comprehensive tactical infrastructure maintenance and repair services. The protester contends that the agency improperly rejected its proposal for failure to comply with the solicitation's proposal submission requirements. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, posted on the FedBizOpps website on December 22, 2012, as a small business set-aside, anticipated the award of a hybrid cost-plus-fixed-fee and fixed-price contract with a base year and 4 option years for repair and maintenance services along the U.S. southwest border. RFP Amend. No. 5 at 5-7, 53. The RFP's statement of work included the following work categories: (1) fencing and gates; (2) roads and bridges; (3) drainage and grate systems; (4) lighting and electrical systems; and (5) vegetation control and debris removal. Id. at 10, 53. Award was to be made on a best value basis considering non-cost factors (including

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