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B-270161.2 1 (1996-04-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadwz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Rockville Mailing Service, Inc. File: B-270161.2 Date: April 10, 1996 Jeffrey A. Lovitky, Esq., for the protester. Louis J. Kozlakowski, Jr., Esq., Blum, Yumkas, Mailman, Gutman & Denick, P.A., for Jet Sort, Inc., an intervenor. Lyman Goon, Esq., Social Security Administration, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Where agency ascertained that it had made award based on misevaluation of awardee's technical proposal which had resulted from an unclear solicitation provision, agency reasonably determined to take corrective action. 2. Where awardee's price has been disclosed, reopening negotiations after disclosure of all competitor's prices, does not constitute an improper auction where an improper award had been made. DECISION Rockville Mailing Service, Inc. protests the agency's decision to reopen discussions and reevaluate proposals as corrective action after an award had been made to Rockville under request for proposals (RFP) No. SSA-RFP-95-2255, issued by the Social Security Administration (SSA), for mail sorting services. Rockville argues that the corrective action is unwarranted and will result in an improper auction. We deny the protest. The RFP sought proposals for all services necessary to prepare first-class metered mail to qualify for rate discounts under the United States Postal Service (USPS) barcoded and presorted first-class discount programs. First-class mail that is presorted may qualify for discount rates when specified minimum volumes are met. In this regard, the RFP contemplates that the contractor will commingle the SSA's mail with its own sorted first-class mail to qualify for better volume rate discounts. Under the contract, the contractor will pick up SSA's first-class mail from its Woodlawn, Maryland facility on a daily basis, sort the SSA's mail, add it to the contractor's other sorted first-class mail, and then deposit it at the Post Office for 1223410

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