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B-290288.3,B-290288.4 1 (2003-04-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacykw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General ........ inAccountability * 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: Global Engineering & Construction, LLC File: B-290288.3; B-290288.4 Date: April 3, 2003 Donald E. Barnhill, Esq., Barnhill & Associates, for the protester. Robert J. Symon, Esq., Douglas L. Patin, Esq., and Christyne K. Brennan, Esq., Spriggs & Hollingsworth, for John J. Kirlin, Inc., an intervenor. Larry E. Beall, Esq., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's determination that awardee's higher-priced, higher- rated proposal represented the best value to the government is denied where the solicitation established price as significantly less important than the technical and management factors in the evaluation of proposals for award, and the record shows that the agency reasonably concluded that the awardee's technical superiority outweighed the protester's lower price. DECISION Global Engineering & Construction, LLC protests the award of a contract to John J. Kirlin, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. DACAO1-02-R-0003, issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for renovation, repair, and minor construction services for Army medical and support facilities.' Global contends that the agency's award to Kirlin based on the awardee's higher-rated, higher-priced proposal was unreasonable. Global challenges the agency's evaluation of the proposals, alleges that discussions were unequal and not meaningful, and contends that the agency 'The RFP's statement of work described the contract objective as providing quick response to renovation/repair and minor construction requests relating, but not limited to, the architectural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, security and safety areas of Government medical facilities in a cost effective manner. RFP at C-1.

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