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B-292679,B-292679.4 1 (2003-11-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaczaz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General L LA Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Unisys Corporation File: B-292679; B-292679.4 Date: November 21, 2003 E. Sanderson Hoe, Esq., and Lisa M. Norrett, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge, and Charlotte D. Young, Esq., Unisys Corporation, for the protester. Steven S. Diamond, Esq., Walter F. Zenner, Jr., Esq., Marc A. Stanislawczyk, Esq., W. Susanne Addy, Esq., Waltraut S. Addy, Esq., and Joseph M. Catoe, Esq., Arnold & Porter, for Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation, an intervenor. Ellen C. Bonner, Esq., and Michael E. Jonasson, Esq., Department of Defense, Tricare Management Agency, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency reasonably evaluated protester's proposal as high risk, based on protester's proposal of staffing levels that were significantly lower than historical levels, and protester's failure to meaningfully explain how it would successfully perform the contract requirements with the level of staff proposed. 2. Agency's discussions with protester were meaningful and adequate where agency provided written discussion questions to protester that reasonably identified the agency's concerns, and subsequently conducted oral discussions during which the agency expanded on the identified concerns. 3. In procurement where non-price factors were significantly more important than price, agency's price/technical tradeoff was reasonable and adequately documented where source selection decision memorandum expressly acknowledges protester's price advantage, references multiple evaluated strengths in the awardee's proposal, and concludes that the higher price is more than justified by the technical superiority of awardee's proposal.

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