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B-261953.2 1 (1995-11-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptacdl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision REDACTED DECISION A poteteddeisin ws isud o th dae elow and was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been redacted or approved by the parties involved for public release. Matter of: Rockwell International Corporation File: B-261953.2; B-261953.6 Date: November 22, 1995 Alan R. Yuspeh, Esq., David R. Francis, Esq., Jerone C. Cecelic, Esq., Natalie S. Manzo, Esq., and Michael W. Ambrose, Esq., Howrey & Simon, for the protester. Gerard F. Doyle, Esq., Ron R. Hutchinson, Esq., Scott A. Ford, Esq., Alexander T. Bakos, Esq., and Scott W. Woehr, Esq., Doyle & Bachman; and Steven A. Kaufman, Esq., Clayton S. Marsh, Esq., and James M. Lichtman, Esq., Ropes & Gray, for Beech Aircraft Corporation, the interested party. Gregory H. Petkoff, Esq., Duncan Butts, Esq., Jeffrey Watson, Esq., Janice Beckett, Esq., Mark Otto, Esq., and Robert McGrath, Esq., for the agency. Aldo A. Benejam, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's contention that agency improperly evaluated proposals is denied where the record shows that the agency evaluated in accordance with the criteria announced in the solicitation, and the record reasonably supports the evaluators' conclusions. 2. Contracting agency reasonably evaluated protester's performance risk as moderate on several evaluation factors based upon unfavorable information in contractor performance assessment reports and in responses to questionnaires reflecting the protester's recent poor performance on other contracts. 3. Agency conducted meaningful discussions where the record shows that the agency held written and oral discussions based on items consistent with the weaknesses and deficiencies identified in the protester's proposal, and the protester was afforded several opportunities to address the specific areas of its proposal considered weak or deficient and requiring further explanation. 4. Award to offeror submitting a higher-rated, slightly higher-cost, low risk proposal is unobjectionable where the evaluation scheme announced in the solicitation gave more weight to the technical factors than to cost, and the agency reasonably found that the awardee's technical superiority and low risk were worth the higher cost. 1046126

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