A firm protested the award of a contract to a second firm under a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of the Navy. Both proposals were considered to be in the competitive range, and final competition was based on price alone. The awardee was low offeror. The protester contended that the awardee did not have enough suitable hangars to house the six aircraft involved. The firm also...

WAS REASONABLE WHERE BLUEPRINTS OF HANGARS. PHYSICAL INSPECTION AND EXISTING AND PROJECTED OTHER WORK WERE CONSIDERED. THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT WAS A BASIC YEAR PLUS 4 OPTION YEARS. OFFERORS WERE REQUIRED TO INDICATE IN THEIR PROPOSALS WHETHER THEY HAD AVAILABLE HANGAR SPACE MEETING THE SPECIFIED CRITERIA AND. WE CONCLUDE THAT THIS WAS A DEFINITIVE RESPONSIBILITY CRITERIA. TWO PROPOSALS WERE RECEI...