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B-403332 1 (2010-10-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbns0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability 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: Online Video Service, Inc. File: B-403332 Date: October 15, 2010 Howard A. Wolf-Rodda, Esq., Brown Rudnick, for the protester. Sara McAndrew, Esq., and Robin Baum, Esq., Nuclear Regulatory Commission, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency failed to engage in meaningful discussions with protester regarding its high price is denied where there is no basis for finding competitive prejudice; protester's mere allegation--with no explanation or evidence--that it would have lowered its price to be competitive with awardee's substantially lower price is not sufficient to demonstrate prejudice. DECISION Online Video Service, Inc. (OVS), of Washington, D.C., protests the award of a contract to Granicus, Inc., of San Francisco, California, under request for proposals (RFP) No. RFP-10-10-370, issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for web casting services. OVS complains that the agency failed to provide it with meaningful discussions. We deny the protest. The RFP provided for the award of a contract on a best value basis based on an evaluation of past performance, corporate experience, live web cast capability demonstration, and price. Following the submission and evaluation of proposals, discussions, and the submission and evaluation of final proposal revisions, four proposals, including Granicus's and OVS's, were included in the competitive range. Granicus's and OVS's proposals received 97 and 95 (out of a possible 100) technical points, respectively. Granicus's proposal was the lowest priced at $463,858.94, and OVS's was the highest priced $892,742. The source selection official (SSO) determined that the offers were technically equal and thus made award to Granicus based on its low price.

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