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B-284013 1 (2000-02-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptakzb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa E Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: John C. Grimberg Company File: B-284013 Date: February 2, 2000 Shelly L. Ewald, Esq., Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, for the protester. Douglas L. Patin, Esq., Spriggs & Hollingsworth, for Charles H. Tompkins Company, an intervenor. Frank J. Sando, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST The determination of the low bid submitted in response to an invitation for bids for a construction base item with various additive items must be based on the items encompassing the actual work to be awarded and may not consider additive items that are not awarded. DECISION John C. Grimberg Company protests the award of a contract to Charles H. Tompkins Company under invitation for bids (IFB) No. 7213R, issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), for the construction/renovation of firearms ranges at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Grimberg contends that it should have received the award because it submitted a lower price than did Tompkins for the actual work awarded under the IFB. We sustain the protest. Under attachment A of the IFB, bidders were required to enter separate prices for the Base Bid, three separate Add Alternates, and a total bid amount determined by adding the prices for the Base Bid and Add Alternates. The Base Bid was for the construction of three 25-meter ranges and a ballistic screen wall, as well as soil remediation, general site work, and demolition of existing facilities. Add Alternate No. I was for the construction of a 50-meter range and associated site work. Add Alternate No. 2 was for the construction of a stress obstacle range and associated

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