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B-271385 1 (1996-07-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaeeg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Akal Security, Inc. File: B-271385; B-271385.3 Date: July 10, 1996 Daya S. Khalsa for the protester. Kathleen D. Martin, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency was not obligated to advise offeror during discussions that its price was higher than that of other offerors or than the government's estimate where the agency did not consider the price unreasonable. 2. Protest that agency improperly applied unstated evaluation criterion by considering the rank that offerors' proposed key personnel had attained is denied where the consideration was reasonably encompassed by the solicitation criterion concerning management experience. DECISION Akal Security, Inc. protests the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. S-OPRAQ-94-R-0434, issued by the Department of State (DOS). Akal argues that the agency improperly and unfairly evaluated its technical proposal. We deny the protest. The RFP sought proposals to provide qualified professional security and managerial personnel to perform uniformed guard services, such as access control, security for special events, and security inspections, at various State Department facilities, contemplating the award of an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for a base year, with 4 option years. The RFP set forth a 500-point technical evaluation scheme and provided that proposals would be evaluated under the following technical and management criteria, listed in descending order of importance: protective security personnel; approach; professional standards; clearance requirements; training; plans and programs; reporting and administration; corporate experience; understanding of need for security; management structure; and maintenance of government furnished equipment. The solicitation also listed 542710

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