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B-280284 1 (1998-09-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahvb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Aerostructures, Inc. File: B-280284 Date: September 15, 1998 Dennis J. Riley, Esq., and Richard A. Ong, Esq., The Riley Law Firm, for the protester. Daniel A. Laguaite, Esq., Naval Air Systems Command, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest against solicitation terms relating to evaluation of offeror personnel and cost is denied where record shows that solicitation reflects agency's needs and protest contentions essentially amount to assertions that solicitation should be more restrictive. 2. Protest that agency improperly withdrew small business set-aside is denied where, based on acquisition history and technical nature of requirement, agency reasonably determined it was unlikely that at least two offers from responsible small businesses would be received. DECISION Aerostructures, Inc. protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. N00421- 97-R-1269, issued by the Department of the Navy for services in connection with its aircraft structural life surveillance program. Aero structures principally maintains that the RFP improperly relaxes certain requirements included in previous solicitations, and that the agency improperly issued the RFP on an unrestricted basis, rather than as a small business set-aside. We deny the protest. The solicitation seeks proposals for a base year, with four 1-year options, to perform engineering analyses, technical studies and structural testing for the structural management of the Navy's aircraft. The contract awarded will be an indefinite-quantity, fixed-price-per-labor-hour contract. The RFP calls for firms to submit detailed technical, past performance, management and cost proposals to demonstrate their ability to perform the requirement. As part of their technical proposals, firms are required to submit numerous resumes to show the education and experience of their proposed employees, as well as detailed information relating

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