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B-294516 1 (2004-11-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapos0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Deco Security Services File: B-294516 Date: November 1, 2004 Mark R. Gleeman, Esq., Winthrop & Weinstine, for the protester. Verdell L. Jordan, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that a solicitation was defective based on an alleged latent ambiguity is denied where protester's interpretation of the solicitation was unreasonable. DECISION Deco Security Services protests the award of a contract under request for proposals (RFP) No. 2003-N-00966, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Public Health Service, to Culpepper & Associates Security Services, Inc. for armed security guard services. Deco argues that the solicitation was latently ambiguous with regard to a staffing requirement, thus leading Deco to propose insufficient staffing hours, which in turn resulted in Deco's elimination from award consideration. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued on October 14, 2003 and contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for armed security guard services at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health in Cincinnati, Ohio. The statement of work (SOW) identified three buildings at which security services would be required: the Taft facility, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226; the Taft North facility, 1090 Tusculum Road, Cincinnati, OH 45226; and the Hamilton facility, 5555 Ridge Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45213. RFP attach. A, at 1.

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