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 2000-10-11 monographic deposited born digital 10 p. GA 1.13:B-285813 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-285813 P0b002ee18fd480e2 f:285813 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-285813 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-285813 B-285813 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest that agency requirements for regional garrison food service should be set aside for small business concerns is denied where agency reasonably determined that there was no reasonable expectation of receiving fair market price offers from at least two responsible small business concerns; there was no indication that small business concerns had experience performing food service contracts of the scope and complexity of the new regional requirements, which combined features such as geographically dispersed messhalls across an entire region, rather than at individual installations; responsibility for the management of numerous messhalls, rather than for just a few messhalls or for only less demanding mess attendant services; need for use of advanced food technology, including centralized food processing; and responsibility for the purchase and ownership of subsistence.<p/>2. Protest that agency improperly consolidated its garrison food service requirements, including work currently performed under 11 contracts and work currently performed by the government, into two regional contracts is dismissed where there is no showing that protester was prejudiced by consolidation; although protester challenges claimed benefits of the consolidated procurement approach, it failed to demonstrate that consolidation significantly inhibited or precluded its competing for the award, and instead argued that the requirements do not differ significantly in character from its current food service contracts and that it can perform the consolidated requirement. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-285813/html/GAOREPORTS-B-285813.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-285813/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-285813.pdf GAO/B-285813 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-285813 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-285813; MCS Management, Inc., B-285813; B-285882, October 11, 2000;