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B-275740 1 (1997-03-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafvk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: SAF Engineering Associates, Inc. File: B-275740 Date: March 19, 1997 James E. Pinkowski, Esq., Pinkowski and Flanders, for the protester. George N. Brezna, Esq., and Diane D. Hayden, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Sylvia Schatz, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Low bid was not unbalanced where there is no evidence that bid contained understated or enhanced prices. DECISION SAF Engineering Associates, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Advance Environmental Services under invitation for bids (IFB) No. N62472-96-B-4193, issued by the Department of the Navy, as a small business set-aside, for maintenance cleaning of ductwork, vents, diffusers and registers at the Naval Inventory Control Point in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. SAF primarily argues that Advance's bid should have been rejected as materially unbalanced. We deny the protest. The IFB, which contemplated the award of an indefinite quantity, indefinite delivery contract for a base year, with four 1-year options, required bidders to insert a unit and extended price for each of 10 contract line items (CLIN) and a total price for all line items. The first nine items--CLINs 0001AA-0001AI--were for cleaning various estimated quantities and lengths of ducts, and the last item--CLIN 0001AJ--was for cleaning an estimated quantity of 93 air handlers. The Navy received eight bids ranging from Advance's low bid of $344,128.75 to a high bid of $2,875,420. SAF's bid of $529,195.15 was second low. In response to a request from the contracting officer concerning whether Advance (the incumbent) understood what was involved in performing the required work, Advance reviewed its bid and verified its price. The agency thus made award to Advance. SAF argues that Advance's bid was impermissibly unbalanced because it offered below-cost unit prices for CLINs 0001AA-0001AI and an overstated unit price of 1059319

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