B-280652: Nov 2, 1998

DIGEST Protest that solicitation for offers for the lease of space unfairly favors offerors proposing new construction is denied where the protester has not shown that the claimed competitive advantages are the result of unfair action by the government or do not represent the government's actual requirements. The leased space is used as an outpatient medical clinic for eligible veterans. The curre...

B-280652: Nov 2, 1998

A firm protested a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) solicitation for the lease of space, contending that: (1) the solicitation unfairly favored bidders proposing new construction; (2) the solicitation failed to consider the cost of relocating from the existing facility as part of the price evaluation; and (3) VA failed to provide written answers to its pre-proposal questions and requests for cl...