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B-285049 1 (2000-07-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalch0001 and id is 1 raw text is: h -e GeAtOa E Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: D.B.I. Waste Systems, Inc. File: B-285049 Date: July 10, 2000 Spencer C. Demetros, Esq., for the protester. Merilee D. Rosenberg, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency improperly rejected as nonresponsive a low bid that acknowledged all amendments to an invitation for bids (IFB) for refuse removal services and used amended bid schedule but provided a combined flat-rate entry for hauling and disposal charges, rather than separate line item prices as called for by the amended bid schedule, where the bid commits the contractor to perform in accordance with the precise IFB requirements at an evaluated total price that is low under all plausible circumstances. DECISION D.B.I. Waste Systems, Inc. protests the rejection of its bid as nonresponsive and the proposed award of a contract to Waste Systems International, Inc. under invitation for bids (IFB) No. 523-17-00, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for refuse removal services at certain facilities within the VA Boston Healthcare System. The agency rejected D.B.I.'s bid as nonresponsive for failure to include separate line item prices as called for under the amended bid schedule. We sustain the protest. The IFB, issued February 2, 2000, provided for the award of fixed-price requirements contracts for refuse removal services at three Boston-area facilities including one facility in Boston, one in West Roxbury and one in Brockton, each for a 6-month base period with three 1-year options. IFB amend. 1, Revised Bid Schedule, at 2-17.

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