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[Protest of Army Contract Award for Operation of Food Service Facilities]

B-217211: Sep 24, 1985

A firm protested an Army solicitation for managing food service facilities, contending that: (1) the services should have been procured through fixed-price, formal advertising rather than through negotiation of a cost-type contract; (2) payment under the contract was on a prohibited cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost basis; and (3) certain minimum manning requirements contained in the solicitation wer...

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B-217211, SEP 24, 1985, 64 COMP.GEN. 879

B-217211: Sep 24, 1985

FORMALLY ADVERTISED CONTRACT IN PROCURING MESS ATTENDANT SERVICES IS NOT JUSTIFIED BY VARIATIONS IN MEAL COUNTS AND ATTENDANCE. IS NOT A PROHIBITED COST-PLUS-A-PERCENTAGE-OF-COST CONTRACT WHERE THE AWARD FEE. IS SUBJECT TO A CEILING ON FEES TO BE PAID. FORMALLY ADVERTISED CONTRACT WHERE AWARD IS BASED ON LOWEST PRICE. AWARD WAS BASED ON AN EVALUATION OF BOTH THE TECHNICAL ACCEPTABILITY AND COST RE...

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