Phoenix Management, Inc.

B-416529.2 Nov 02, 2018 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights Phoenix Management, Inc., of Austin, Texas, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. FA301618R0024, issued by the Department of the Air Force for furnishings management services (FMS) at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA)-Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), San Antonio, Texas. The protester argues that the scope of the solicitation is not adequately defined in a manner to permit offerors to intelligently prepare proposals on an equal basis. Phoenix further argues that the agency failed to include in the solicitation certain additional information, which, in the protester's view, offerors will need to prepare proposals. We deny the protest. We deny the protest. View Decision Decision Matter of:  Phoenix Management, Inc. File:  B-416529.2 Date:  November 2, 2018 Johnathan M. Bailey, Esq., and Kristin E. Zachman, Esq., Bailey & Bailey, PC, for the protester. Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., Lieutenant Colonel Byron Shibata, and Major Michelle Gregory, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1.  Protest that the terms of a solicitation for furnishings management services are ambiguous is denied where the solicitation terms, including the historical workload data, coupled with the information offerors absorbed during the site visit, provides sufficient information on which offerors can compete intelligently and on a relatively equal basis. 2.  Protest that the agency was required to include information from a database which is maintained by the protester is dismissed; the protester cannot show that it has been harmed because the solicitation did not include information the protester already has due to its performance of the incumbent contract.  DECISION Phoenix Management, Inc., of Austin, Texas, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. FA301618R0024, issued by the Department of the Air Force for furnishings management services (FMS) at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA)-Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), San Antonio, Texas.  The protester argues that the scope of the solicitation is not adequately defined in a manner to permit offerors to intelligently prepare proposals on an equal basis.  Phoenix further argues that the agency failed to include in the solicitation certain additional information, which, in the protester’s view, offerors will need to prepare proposals.  We deny the protest. BACKGROUND Phoenix is the incumbent contractor for the existing FMS contract.  Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, Contracting Officer’s Statement (COS) at 6.  As part of its responsibilities under the incumbent contract, Phoenix managed the Enterprise Military Housing (eMH) database to track inventory and record work performed.  Id. The Air Force issued the RFP on May 16, 2018, as a SDVOSB set-aside, under the commercial acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12 and the simplified acquisition procedures of FAR part 13, to obtain FMS services.  RFP at 1, 39.  The solicitation anticipates the award of a fixed-price, requirements contract with a 5-year period of performance.  Id.  The contract scope includes “all management, labor, tools, equipment, transportation and materials,” to operate the JBSA FMS contract.  Id. at 52.  The performance work statement (PWS) also requires furnishing and appliance movement services including “assembly, disassembly, installation, pick‑up, and delivery of all required furnishings and appliances.”  Id.  For example, when requested by the contracting officer’s representative, the contractor shall “install, remove and store [government owned] mirrors as directed.”  Id. at 53.  The PWS also listed each of the following types of buildings and facilities throughout the JBSA as those requiring service under this contract:  unaccompanied housing, designated student facilities, permanent, pipeline/technical training and basic military training dormitories, family housing, general officer quarters, and fire station sleeping/lounge units.  Id. at 52.  In addition to providing FMS services, the solicitation requires the contractor to upload, extract and maintain data within the eMH database.  Id. at 52; AR, Tab 9, amend.