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B-291718 1 (2003-03-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyfm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Il im G A 0Comptroller General - -Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Cherokee Information Services, Inc. File: B-291718 Date: March 3, 2003 Michael I. Hodges for the protester. Wilsie Y. Minor, Esq., Corporation for National and Community Services, for the agency. Peter Verchinski and James Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency failed to make award on the basis of the lowest-priced proposal that had been included in the competitive range is denied where this contention is based on the protester's unreasonable interpretation of the solicitation, which contemplated award on the basis of a price/technical tradeoff. DECISION Cherokee Information Services, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Information Network, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. HQMWSO215, issued as a competitive section 8(a) set-aside, by the Corporation for National and Community Services (CNCS), to provide integrated computer facility support services. Cherokee argues that CNCS failed to follow the solicitation requirements when it awarded the contract to an offeror that had not submitted the lowest-priced proposal in the competitive range. We deny the protest. The RFP contemplated the award of a fixed-price, task order contract, with a time- and-materials component for optional support services. CNCS sought to consolidate into one contract work that had been performed by the protester and two other contractors. Among other things, the solicitation required the contractor to provide support for two separate help lines, one for internal computer support and another to assist CNCS grantees through the CNCS's eGrants system.

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