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B-271899 1 (1996-08-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaegx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Quality Elevator Company, Inc. File: B-271899 Date: August 28, 1996 George W. Ash, Esq., William J. Lewandowski, Esq., and William H. Carroll, Esq., Dykema Gossett, for the protester. Gerald F. Ivey, Esq., Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, for Elevator Control Service, an intervenor. Cecelia R. Jones, Esq., Department of Commerce, 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. Allegation that agency improperly evaluated protester's proposal is denied where evaluation documentation shows that the ratings assigned to the proposal were reasonable and reflected the solicitation's stated evaluation criteria. 2. Allegation that agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions with protester is denied where discussion questions directly led protester into areas of its technical proposal that required amplification. DECISION Quality Elevator Company, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Elevator Control Service (Elcon), under request for proposals (RFP) No. 52-SAAA-6-00011, issued by the Department of Commerce. Quality argues that the agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions, and that the proposals were improperly evaluated. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on November 30, 1995, requested proposals for a fixed-price contract for a base year with 3 option years to provide labor, equipment, tools, and materials to perform inspection, testing, maintenance, and repairs services on elevators in the Herbert C. Hoover Building in Washington, D.C. Technical factors were stated to be more important than price. The RFP contained the following technical evaluation factors and associated points: (1) preventative maintenance 357828

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