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oComptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548
Decision
Matter of: Minotaur Engineering
File: B-276843
Date: May 22, 1997
Kevin Recker for the protester.
Dennis Foley, Esq., Philip Kauffman, Esq., and Phillipa L. Anderson, Esq.,
Department of Veterans Affairs, 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
Exception to 10-day period for filing a protest pursuant to 4 C.F.R. § 21.2(a)(2)
(1997), where protester challenges a procurement conducted on the basis of
competitive proposals where a debriefing is requested and, when requested, is
required, does not apply where protester does not timely request required post-
award debriefing as contemplated by statute and regulation.
DECISION
Minotaur Engineering protests the award of a contract to Televoice, Inc. under
request for proposals (RFP) No. 516-048-97, issued by the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) for a toll-free integrated voice response system using dual tone multi-
frequency signaling to disseminate information on VA-acquired properties in Florida.
We dismiss the protest.
Section B of the RFP required that offerors submit a price for a one-time charge for
applications, development, and set up; a unit and a total price for service charges
for a base period of 6 months; unit and total prices for each of two 1-year option
periods; and a grand total price. Section M of the RFP listed the following
evaluation factors in descending order of importance: total cost; capability; and
qualifications, and stated that award would be made to the offeror whose proposal
received the highest combined score based on the evaluation of proposals.
On April 7, 1997, Minotaur received the VA's NOTICE OF AWARD letter stating as
follows:
Based on the offers received in this office on March 12, 1997, award
is made to Televoice Inc. of Houston, Texas, in the amount of
$4,800.00 [for the base period] ....](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptafzt0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)