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B-299338 1 (2007-03-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaueb0001 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 Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Vaden Industries, Inc. File: B-299338 Date: March 5, 2007 Len Vaden, for the protester. Alton E. Woods, Esq., and Emily E. Parkhurst, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging solicitation performance and payment bond requirements is denied where agency's need for such requirements is reasonably supported by the record. DECISION Vaden Industries, Inc. protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. N8147070010, issued by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS), for facility maintenance services on Alcatraz Island. The protester contends that the RFP's requirements for performance and payment bonds violate the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and result in an unreasonable limit on the scope of the competition. We deny the protest. The NPS administers Alcatraz Island, a 12-acre island in the San Francisco Bay whose former uses include a lighthouse, a military base, and a federal prison, and which is now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The Island is open to the public and receives over 1.3 million visitors per year, with daily visits often exceeding 5,000 persons per day. Access to the Island for visitors and the approximately 50-85 government and contractor staff who work on the Island on a daily basis is provided by boats. The RFP contemplates award of a fixed-price contract, with a 1-year base performance period and four 1-year option periods. The RFP sought proposals to

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