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B-275882.2 1 (1997-04-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafwc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Executive Conference Center, Inc. dba Holiday Inn-Atlanta Central File: B-275882.2 Date: April 10, 1997 Alan Rousseau, Specialized Contract Services, Inc., for the protester. Phillip E. Johnson, Federal Contract Specialists, Inc., for Ashok Kumar d/b/a Hotel Castlegate Howard Johnson Midtown, an intervenor. Col. Nicholas P. Retson, Capt. Philip T. McCaffrey, and Timothy G. Goblirsch, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Adam Vodraska, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST An amendment to the statement of work in a solicitation which specifies the food transportation equipment the contractor is to use to transport meals to a military entrance processing station is material where it imposes additional obligations on the contractor to protect the food from contamination which were not required in the invitation for bids as issued or already imposed by applicable state and local food safety regulations. DECISION Executive Conference Center, Inc. d/b/a Holiday Inn-Atlanta Central protests the Department of the Army's decision to terminate its award of contract No. DABT23- 97-D-0016, and the Army's proposed award of the contract to Ashok Kumar d/b/a Hotel Castlegate Howard Johnson Midtown, under invitation for bids (IFB) No. DABT23-97-B-0013 to provide lunch (noon) meals for armed forces applicants at the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) in Atlanta, Georgia. We sustain the protest.1 The IFB was issued November 20, 1996, by the Fort Knox Directorate of Contracting. Facsimile bids were not authorized by the IFB. The IFB contemplated the award of a firm, fixed-price requirements contract for a base year (January 1, 1997, through December 31, 1997) and 4 option years. 1This decision is made under our express option procedures, Bid Protest Regulations, 4 C.F.R. § 21.10 (1997). 1057411

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