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 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-02-08 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.13:B-295376 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-295376 P0b002ee180383b0a f:295376 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-B-295376 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-295376 B-295376 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest alleging agency improperly assumed that regulated offerors presented lower risk than non-regulated offerors in its evaluation of proposals for privatization of wastewater and storm water utility systems is denied where the solicitation provided that proposals would be evaluated based on the degree to which long-term price and service stability were enhanced as a result of regulation by an independent federal, state, or local regulatory authority with jurisdiction over the applicable utility service, and where the record shows that the agency reasonably concluded that regulated utility offeror presented low risk under evaluation subfactor relating to long-term price and service stability. 2. Agency's determination that the awardee's prices for wastewater and storm water utility services were fair and reasonable, that the work could be performed at the prices proposed, and that the awardee's proposal represented low risk for price realism was reasonable where the agency based its conclusion on extensive consideration of the awardee's pricing strategy, the elements of its pricing, and the detailed breakdowns of its price structure, as well as the agency's comparison of the awardee's price with the government's cost estimate and the agency's consideration of the awardee's status as a regulated entity. 3. Offeror's proposal for wastewater and storm water utility services was not rendered unacceptable where it proposed rates that were contingent upon approval by an independent regulatory body after contract award. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-295376/html/GAOREPORTS-B-295376.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-295376/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-295376.pdf GAO/B-295376 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-295376 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-295376; American Water Services, Inc., B-295376, February 8, 2005;