B-203346.2, APR 6, 1982

B-203346.2, APR 6, 1982

DIGEST: PRIOR DECISION WILL NOT BE RECONSIDERED BECAUSE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION DOES NOT SPECIFY FACTUAL OR LEGAL GROUNDS FOR MODIFICATION OR REVERSAL.

S.A.F.E. EXPORT CORPORATION:

S.A.F.E. EXPORT CORPORATION (S.A.F.E. EXPORT) REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION OF OUR DECISION IN THE MATTER OF S.A.F.E. EXPORT CORPORATION, B-203346, JANUARY 15, 1982, 82-1 CPD 35, DENYING ITS PROTEST WITH RESPECT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) DACA90-81-R-0009 ISSUED BY THE U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, EUROPE DIVISION. THE ARMY REJECTED S.A.F.E. EXPORT'S OFFER FOR THE CONTRACT BECAUSE THE FIRM WAS DETERMINED TO BE NONRESPONSIBLE. FOUND NO BASIS FOR OBJECTING TO THE NONRESPONSIBILITY DETERMINATION BECAUSE 1) THE PREAWARD SURVEY REVEALED THAT S.A.F.E. EXPORT'S PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS AN OFFICE STAFFED ONLY BY A SINGLE ACCOUNTANT WHO REVIEWS AND FORWARDS MAIL, AND 2) THE CONTRACTING OFFICER INVESTIGATED S.A.F.E. EXPORT'S PERFORMANCE UNDER OTHER GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND RECEIVED, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY, NEGATIVE REPORTS.

A REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION MUST CONTAIN A DETAILED STATEMENT OF FACTUAL OR LEGAL GROUNDS UPON WHICH REVERSAL OR MODIFICATION IS DEEMED WARRANTED, SPECIFYING ANY ERRORS OF LAW MADE OR INFORMATION NOT PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED. 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.9(A) (1981); DATA GENERAL - RECONSIDERATION, B-197776, AUGUST 22, 1980, 80-2 CPD 139. S.A.F.E. EXPORT DID NOT, HOWEVER, SUBMIT ANY ADDITIONAL FACTS OR LEGAL ARGUMENTS WHICH SHOW THAT OUR EARLIER DECISION WAS ERRONEOUS AND, THEREFORE, WE DECLINE TO RECONSIDER OUR JANUARY 15 DECISION.