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B-292161,B-292161.2 1 (2003-07-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyiz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General A- Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: RVJ International, Inc. File: B-292161; B-292161.2 Date: July 2, 2003 J. Patrick McMahon, Esq., and William T. Welch, Esq., Barton, Baker, McMahon & Tolle, for the protester. Brett L. Antonides, Esq., for McDonald Bradley, Inc., an intervenor. Kenneth M. Hyde, Esq., Department of Housing & Urban Development, for the agency. Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency reasonably downgraded protester's quotation under staffing/resources subfactor where technical submission failed to demonstrate positions and skill levels for six of seven areas of performance. 2. Agency reasonably downgraded protester's quotation under key personnel subfactor where the agency was reasonably concerned that the protester's project manager, who was also the company president, would not be able to effectively perform both jobs concurrently. 3. In a procurement involving vendors under the Federal Supply Schedule program, agency gave appropriate weight to price in conducting reasonable comparative analysis of quotations and selecting the higher technically rated, higher-priced vendor for award. 4. There is no requirement for source selection officials to attend oral presentations. DECISION RVJ International, Inc. protests the award of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) and task order to McDonald Bradley, Inc. under request for quotation (RFQ) No. R-OPC-22294, issued by the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) under the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program, to provide computer help desk services to HUD's Office of Multifamily Housing. RVJ challenges the agency's

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