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B-294053 1 (2004-08-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapnf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Liquidity Services, Inc. File: B-294053 Date: August 18, 2004 Craig A. Holman, Esq., Paul E. Pompeo, Esq., and Glenn I. Chernigoff, Esq., Holland & Knight, for the protester. Brian A. Darst, Esq., Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, for Maximus, Inc., the intervenor. Sharon Chen, Esq., Harmon R. Eggers, Esq., and Richard R. Butterworth, Jr., Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Price evaluation was unreasonable where comparison of offerors' discount rates for transportation and warehousing did not reflect actual proposed prices or the cost to the government for these services. DECISION Liquidity Services, Inc. protests the General Services Administration's (GSA) award of a contract to Maximus, Inc., under request for proposals (RFP) No. FAS-PP-03-0004, for the sale of federal surplus property. Liquidity challenges the evaluation of proposals. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The Federal Asset Sales (FAS) program seeks to improve and optimize how agencies dispose of billions of dollars of unwanted assets. GSA, the lead partner on the FAS initiative, is responsible for developing, implementing, and operating a successful solution in accordance with the FAS program's high-level objectives, including: (1) making it easier for citizens and businesses to find and buy government assets, (2) increasing net proceeds from asset sales, (3) decreasing agencies' expenses related to asset sales, (4) reducing asset disposal time, and (5) improving the personal property sales process. RFP §§ A.5.1, A.5.2, C.2.

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