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B-278962 1 (1998-04-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahrd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: &VJT I? Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Madison Services, Inc. File: B-278962 Date: April 17, 1998 Christopher Solop, Esq., and Lynn Hawkins Patton, Esq., Ott & Purdy, for the protester. Christopher M. Bellomy, Esq., George N. Brezna, Esq., and Patrick J. Coll, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Jeanne W. Isrin, Esq., David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that solicitation provision for variable option periods of I to 12 months is unduly restrictive of competition is denied where the record indicates that the agency needs the flexibility to extend the contract by periods of I to 12 months in order to ensure the continual provision of maintenance for family housing developments in the face of changing circumstances and requirements. DECISION Madison Services, Inc. protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. N00187-95-R-6050, issued by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), for maintenance of family housing developments in the Tidewater region of Virginia. The protester alleges that the specified provisions either are ambiguous, unduly restrictive of competition, or otherwise violate the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). We deny the protest. The RFP contemplates award of a fixed-price, indefinite -delivery/indefinite -quantity contract to the offeror whose offer represents the best value to the government, price and other factors considered. The solicitation provides for a contract term with a base period of 12 months and the option to extend the term up to a total duration of 60 months. Specifically, the solicitation included NAVFAC standard clause 5252.217-9301, OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT - SERVICES (JUN 1994), amended to establish the 60-month overall term, which provides in relevant part that: a. The Government may extend the term of this contract for a term of one (1) to twelve (12) months by written notice to the Contractor within the performance period specified in the Schedule; provided that

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