B-219658: Dec 11, 1985

A firm protested the Army's evaluation of its best and final offer under a solicitation for the operation of an Army airfield, contending that the Army improperly calculated its labor costs and increased its proposed bid price by about $1.7 million. The Army recalculated the bid by multiplying the protester's offered hourly wage rates by its estimate of the number of hours in each wage category. T...

B-219658: Dec 11, 1985

CONTRACTS - NEGOTIATION - OFFERS OR PROPOSALS - EVALUATION - CRITERIA - APPLICATION OF CRITERIA DIGEST: IN SOLICITATION FOR FIXED-PRICE REQUIREMENTS CONTRACT UNDER WHICH PAYMENT WILL BE BASED ON PRODUCTIVE LABOR HOURS. ALTHOUGH OFFERORS ARE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE SALARIES. ROSS IS THE INCUMBENT CONTRACTOR. THE PROTEST IS ESSENTIALLY ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT METHODS OF EXPRESSING LABOR COSTS. THESE COSTS A...