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B-271051 1 (1996-05-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaecn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Interactive Communication Technology, Inc. File: B-271051 Date: May 30, 1996 Victor Lim, Jr. for the protester. Richard A. Marchese, Esq., Department of Housing & Urban Development, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., John Van Schaik, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Incumbent's proposal, which lacked detailed information concerning technical approach and staffing, was properly excluded from the competitive range as not having a reasonable chance of being selected for award in light of other, more highly rated proposals received. DECISION Interactive Communication Technology, Inc. (ICT) protests the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. DU100C000018418, issued by the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) for audio/video production services. The agency excluded ICT's proposal from the competitive range because it did not have a reasonable chance of being selected for award due to numerous weaknesses identified in the proposal. ICT contends that the agency's evaluation of its proposal was flawed and its proposal was improperly excluded from the competitive range. We deny the protest. The RFP contemplated the award of a fixed-price, indefinite quantity contract for a base year with 2 options years. The RFP set forth a best value evaluation scheme with technical factors significantly more important than price in the source selection decision. It advised offerors that technical proposals would be numerically rated under four evaluation factors listed in descending order of importance: qualification and experience, technical approach, quality control, and creative and technical quality of sample productions. Thirteen firms submitted initial proposals. An evaluation panel evaluated the technical proposals and prepared a composite score for each proposal. Following 120524

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