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B-278451 1 (1998-01-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahop0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: COMPA Industries, hie. File: B-278451 Date: January 30, 1998 Robert W. Tate, Esq., The Beles Group, for the protester. Paul R. Davis, Esq., and Gena E. Cadieux, Esq., Department of Energy, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that award of contract to same offeror for two of four support service categories, for which solicitation sought separate offers, is precluded by an eligibility restriction intended to alleviate conflict of interest concerns is denied where the restriction, as amended, can only reasonably be interpreted to mean that offerors are eligible for awards for different service categories, and requires only that services provided under one category be independent of one clearly specified area under other support service categories. DECISION COMPA Industries, Inc. protests the award of a contract for two separate task categories to Informatics Corporation under request for proposals (RFP) No. DE- RP06-97RL13732, issued by the Department of Energy (DOE) for support services at its Hanford, Washington site. COMPA contends that the solicitation precluded the award of both task categories to the same offeror and that the agency failed to follow the solicitation evaluation criteria. We deny the protest. The solicitation, issued June 25, 1997, via the Internet, sought contractors to perform support services in four separate service or task categories, including project management and engineering services (task 1); environment, safety, health and security services (task 2); financial and administrative services (task 3); and independent assessment services (task 4). Task 1 was open to all firms; tasks 2, 3 and 4 were set aside for small businesses. The solicitation contemplated the award of fixed unit price, labor hour contracts for a 3-year base period with two 1-year options. Specific work to be performed under each contract was to be set out in task orders which would be issued as needed during the life of the contract.

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