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B-281242 1 (1999-01-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajfs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Ranco Construction, Inc. File: B-281242 Date: January 12, 1999 Edward J. Hoffman, Esq., and John W. Fowler, Jr., Esq., Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, for the protester. Michele Gregos for Ascend Construction Management, Inc., and DilipVerghese for D&K Construction Company, Inc., for Ascend Construction Management, Inc./D&K Construction Company, Inc., a Joint Venture, the intervenor. Joseph J. Cox, Esq., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 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 Protest that bid is so front-loaded that it is unbalanced is denied where record shows that the differences between the awardee's prices for the challenged line items and the other bidders' prices, as well as the government estimate, were not so great as to require a finding that the awardee's pricing was unbalanced. DECISION Ranco Construction Company, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Ascend Construction Management, Inc./D&K Construction Company, Inc, a Joint Venture, under invitation for bids (IFB) No. DACA51-98-B-0046, issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for various construction requirements at McGuire Air Force Base. Ranco contends that Ascend's bid was unbalanced and cannot properly form the basis for the awarded contract. We deny the protest. The IFB sought fixed-price bids for the demolition of certain preexisting structures, site preparation work, and construction of new structures for a large fire station and a radar and approach control (RAPCON) building. The requirements were divided among 10 contract line items (CLIN) for each of which bidders were required to submit lump-sum prices. Ranco's protest relates only to CLIN Nos. 0003 and 0007; CLIN No. 0003 covers all work associated with construction of the RAPCON facility and CLIN 0007 covers demolition of a pumphouse and removal of several underground storage tanks.

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