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B-293582 1 (2004-04-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadiwh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I & , G A 0 Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: AHNTECH, Inc. File: B-293582 Date: April 13, 2004 Sam Aln for the protester. Eric Kattner and Capt. Richard E. Alford, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Where solicitation advised offerors that agency intended to make award without discussions, but agency did issue clarification requests to offerors, protester's unsolicited proposal revisions in response to clarification requests did not convert clarifications into discussions. 2. In determining whether protester's proposal demonstrated adequate management capabilities, agency reasonably found that proposal's failure to include plan for turn-in of significant quantities of former government furnished equipment and failure to offer sufficient fire protection personnel warranted elimination of proposal from the competition. DECISION AHNTECH, Inc. protests the agency's decision to eliminate its proposal from the competition under request for proposals (RFP) No. F02604-03-R-0041, issued by the Department of the Air Force for operations and maintenance (O&M) services. AHNTECH asserts that the agency improperly evaluated its proposal and improperly refused to allow the firm to revise its proposal. We deny the protest. The RFP sought proposals to provide all personnel, vehicles, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and all items and services necessary to perform a variety of O&M services in support of the F-16 fighter pilot training program and supporting facilities at the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field and Barry M. Goldwater Range at