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B-408727 1 (2013-11-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpvz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Analytical Innovative Solutions, LLC File: B-408727 Date: November 6, 2013 Steven O'Malley, Analytical Innovative Solutions, LLC, for the protester. Anna T. Katselas, Esq., U.S. Trade and Development Agency, for the agency. Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest alleging that the agency did not follow the evaluation criteria set forth in the solicitation is denied where the agency's evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria. DECISION Analytical Innovative Solutions LLC (AIS), of Kennesaw, Georgia, protests the award of a contract to HEP Transportation Consulting, of Charleston, South Carolina, by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. RFQ-CO201351242 for advisory and assistance services in support of the agency's maritime transportation sector projects definitional mission in the Republic of Panama. AIS alleges that USTDA did not follow the selection criteria contained within the RFQ in evaluating and awarding a contract to HEP. We deny the protest. The USDTA issued the RFQ on July 18, 2013 as a combined synopsis and solicitation seeking commercially available services in support of the agency's maritime transportation sector projects in Panama. RFQ, Scope of Work, at 1. The RFQ was issued as a competitive total small business set-aside utilizing procedures set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subparts 12.6 and 13.1. RFQ at 1. Received quotations were to be evaluated based on price, technical and past performance factors. When combined, the non-price factors were significantly more important than price. Id. at 4. The technical evaluation factor was further separated into five subfactors, listed in descending order of importance: (1) technical experience and industry knowledge, (2) work plan, (3) experience evaluating and

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