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A G A O Comptroller General
. Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
Decision
Matter of: Spotless Janitorial Services, Inc.
File: B-295620
Date: February 18, 2005
J. Raymond Sparrow, Esq., for the protester.
Patricia D. Graham, Esq., Department of Energy, for the agency.
John L. Formica, Esq., and Jerold D. Cohen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Agency properly rejected the protester's bid as nonresponsive where the bid, as
modified, stated that it was proprietary and was not to be disclosed publicly.
DECISION
Spotless Janitorial Services, Inc. protests the rejection of its bid submitted in
response to invitation for bids (IFB) No. DE-FBO1-05ME66932, issued by the
Department of Energy, for custodial work at the agency's Forrestal Building and
adjacent child care center in Washington, D.C.
We deny the protest.
The IFB, issued electronically on the agency's Industry Interactive Procurement
System (lIPS) web-site, sought bids for the performance of custodial, snow removal,
insect and rodent control, window washing, utility work and window blind cleaning
services. IFB § B. 1. The IFB provided that bids had to be submitted electronically
through the agency's lIPS web site, with the exception of [b]onds and other
documentation that cannot be submitted electronically. Specific instructions for
the preparation of electronic bids were included in the IFB, and the solicitation also
directed bidders to the lIPS web-site where they could access the solicitation,
register their firms, and access further instructions regarding submission of their
bids. The solicitation, while specifying that bids had to be submitted electronically
through the lIPS web-site, added that bids may be modified or withdrawn by written
or telegraphic notice. IFB §§ E.I., E.3.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptaquz0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)