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B-265950.2 1 (1996-02-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadtm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DECISION FOR PUBLIC RELEASE A protected decision was issued on the date below and was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been redacted or approved by the parties involved for public release. Matter of: Juarez & Associates, Inc. File: B-265950.2 Date: February 8, 1996 Richard J. Webber, Esq., Tenley A. Carp, Esq., and Alison Michaeli, Esq., Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, for the protester. David P. Metzger, Esq., and Craig A. Holman, Esq., Holland & Knight, for COCA, Inc. intervenors. Terrence J. Tychan and Mike Colvin, Department of Health & Human Services, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Contracting officer reasonably determined that the proposals of the protester and awardee were essentially technically equal, such that award should be made on the basis of the lower-cost proposal in accordance with solicitation's stated evaluation scheme. DECISION Juarez and Associates, Inc. protests the award of a contract to CODA, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. NCI-CO-50507-50, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services for technical support for cancer communications research and program evaluation within the Office of Cancer Communications, National Cancer Institute. Juarez challenges the contracting officer's determination that the protester's and CODA's proposals were essentially technically equal and the agency's evaluation of the offerors' cost proposals. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued as a total small business set-aside, sought technical and business (cost) proposals for a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The RFP required 49,000 direct labor hours to perform the tasks delineated in the solicitation's statement of work, including specified evaluation tasks. Section M of the RFP set out the following technical evaluation factors for award: technical approach (worth 45 percent of the available 1,000 technical evaluation points); capability and resources of the firm 1105318

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