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B-402534,B-402534.2 1 (2010-06-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbll0001 and id is 1 raw text is: li AL A , G A O Comptroller General Acc untabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been D eci o approved for public release. Matter of: Powersolv, Inc. File: B-402534; B-402534.2 Date: June 1, 2010 Timothy Sullivan, Esq., Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., and Scott F. Lane, Esq., Thompson Coburn LLP, for the protester. J. Scott Hommer III, Esq., Paul A. Debolt, Esq., Maria A. del-Cerro, Esq., and Jeffrey M. Chiow, Esq., Venable LLP, for ActioNet, Inc., the intervenor. John A. Kern, Esq., Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's proposed project manager is sustained where the agency's evaluation was inconsistent with the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging the agency's selection decision is sustained where the contemporaneous record does not show that the agency meaningfully considered price in the decision, and the agency's arguments in support of its decision are neither supported by the record nor reasonable. DECISION Powersolv, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to ActioNet, Inc., of Vienna, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. DTFR53-09-R-00013, issued by the Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), for support of the Railroad Safety Information System (RSIS). Powersolv challenges FRA's evaluation of proposals and award decision. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued as an 8(a) small disadvantaged business set-aside, sought proposals to provide support for the RSIS, which is the FRA's repository for data relating to railroad accidents and incidents, inspections, highway rail crossings, and other rail

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