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B-279191.3 1 (1998-08-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahru0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Main Building Maintenance, Inc. File: B-279191.3 Date: August 5, 1998 Lee Curtis, Esq., William A. Roberts III, Esq., and Douglas Manya, Esq., Howrey & Simon, and Garreth E. Shaw, Esq., for the protester. Johnathan M. Bailey, Esq., for Astro Quality Services, Inc., an intervenor. Marian E. Sullivan, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Peter A. Jannicelli, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably decided to take corrective action (including reinstating previous protester to the competitive range and reopening discussions with all competitive range offerors) in response to previous protests, where agency concluded during pendency of protests that it could not defend initial protests because discussions with the previous protester were not meaningful and did not afford that firm an opportunity to clarify or revise its proposal to address evaluators' concerns. DECISION Main Building Maintenance, Inc. (MBM) protests the Air Force's decision to take corrective action in response to two prior protests filed by Astro Quality Services, Inc. (Astro) under request for proposals (RFP) No. F41636-96-R-0047, for base engineering services. MBM had been awarded two contracts pursuant to the RFP. In its prior protests, Astro alleged that the Air Force's discussions with it were inadequate and that the Air Force improperly eliminated Astro's proposal from the competitive range based upon an unreasonable technical evaluation. After reviewing the protests, the Air Force determined that it had not held meaningful discussions with Astro and that its decision to eliminate Astro from the competitive range could not be supported. Agency Report, June 1, 1998, at 2. The Air Force decided to take corrective action, including: reinstating Astro to the competitive range, reopening discussions with all competitive range offerors, receiving and evaluating new best and final offers (BAFO), and making a new award determination. Id. MBM contends that the Air Force's decision to take corrective action in response to Astro's prior protests is improper because the agency's

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