About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-277266 1 (1997-09-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagbp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE This version has been redacted or approved by the parties involved for public release. Matter of: Property Analysts, Inc. File: B-277266 Date: September 12, 1997 James L. Babb, Jr., for the protester. Lewis M. Nixon, Esq., and Elisa J. Yochim, Esq., Department of Housing & Urban Development, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Firm which submitted the highest priced of three technically equal proposals is not an interested party to protest an award since price properly was the determinative factor for award and protester would not be in line for award if the protest were sustained. 2. General Accounting Office will not consider challenges to contracting officer's affirmative determination of awardee's responsibility absent evidence of bad faith; protester's unsubstantiated allegations that contracting officer ignored awardee's noncompliance under prior contracts do not meet this standard. DECISION Property Analysts, Inc. (PAI) protests the award of a contract to MT Mullen Corporation under request for proposals (RFP) No. H05R96010800000, issued by the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) for field review of appraisals for single family homes in the Northern Indiana geographic area. PAI protests the technical acceptability of Mullen's proposal and contends that the contracting officer otherwise improperly determined Mullen to be a responsible contractor. We dismiss the protest. The RFP, issued as a total small business set-aside, contemplated the award of a fixed-price requirements contract for a base period and two 1-year options, not to exceed 36 months in total. The contractor will perform on-site field reviews of appraisals to determine the accuracy and quality of the appraisals completed by authorized appraisers.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most