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B-275891 1 (1997-03-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafwd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Trident Maintenance Inc. File: B-275891 Date: March 12, 1997 Rudolph G. Vegliante, for the protester. Sharon J. Chen, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In a sealed bid procurement for janitorial and related services for a federal building, the contracting agency improperly calculated the protester's and awardee's bid prices for estimated quantities of services where the agency treated the firms' prices per 1,000 square feet for certain contract line items as prices per square foot, which had the result of substantially inflating and skewing the firms' total bid prices. DECISION Trident Maintenance Inc. protests the award of a contract to Alaska Lee's Inc. under invitation for bids (IFB) No. GS-05P-96-GAC-0274, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for janitorial and related services at the Charles A. Halleck Federal Building in Lafayette, Indiana. Trident contends that under a proper bid price calculation its bid is lower priced than Alaska Lee's. We sustain the protest. The IFB provided for the award of a contract for janitorial and related services for a base and 4 option years. Building information was provided that informed bidders of, among other things, the building's gross area (51,681 square feet (SF)), occupiable area (24,324 SF), bare office flooring (2,258 SF), and carpeted office area (11,679 SF). The solicitation's schedule of supplies or services and prices requested that bidders provide their price per month for the base and option years to perform the basic services and to also provide their prices for various quantities (per 1,000 SF) for some services, and per job, per blind, and per hour for other services) of 207312

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