B-212220.2: May 30, 1984

A firm protested the evaluation of bids under a Marine Corps solicitation, contending that: (1) the Corps did not specify a dollar value for the replacement cost of certain equipment, which made it impossible for the protester to calculate the depreciation cost of new equipment; (2) the Corps unreasonably used a life expectancy period of 10 years, rather than 13 years, in calculating a depreciatio...

B-212220.2: May 30, 1984

POST-BID-OPENING PROTEST AGAINST AGENCY'S FAILURE TO SPECIFY IN LAUNDRY SERVICE SOLICITATION A VALUE FOR THE COST OF REPLACING EQUIPMENT AT AGENCY'S LAUNDRY FACILITY IS UNTIMELY. PROTEST AGAINST ADDING NEW EQUIPMENT COSTS TO PROTESTER'S BID BASED ON A 10-YEAR DEPRECIATION SCHEDULE FOR THE EQUIPMENT IS DENIED WHERE THE PROTESTER HAS NOT SHOWN THAT THE AGENCY'S USE OF SUCH A SCHEDULE WAS UNREASONABL...