United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1998-02-09 monographic deposited born digital 5 p. GA 1.13:B-278521 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-278521 P0b002ee18fd485d8 f:278521 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-278521 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-278521 B-278521 Comptroller General Decision Protest that solicitation for ship repair services is defective for failing to specify the location of required work and interferences that must be moved in order to perform the work, and that offers therefore cannot be prepared intelligently and on an equal basis, is denied where (1) nature of emergent repairs and variable nature of shipboard conditions make it impossible to specify location of repairs in advance; (2) agency provided offerors with ship plans, drawings, manuals, and provided 1-1/2 months for a shipboard inspection; and (3) alternative of structuring contract to include "pool" of hours to cover unanticipated work which may be necessary to perform the required work would shift all risk of increased cost during contract performance to agency; agency is permitted, instead, to structure solicitation to require offerors to develop prices taking contingencies into account. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-278521/html/GAOREPORTS-B-278521.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-278521/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-278521.pdf GAO/B-278521 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-278521 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-278521; Braswell Services Group, Inc., B-278521, February 9, 1998;