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B-270309 1 (1996-02-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadxw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Cardinal Scientific, Inc. File: B-270309 Date: February 12, 1996 Richard Martinez for the protester. Michael Trovarelli, Esq., and J. Albert Calluso, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's use of adjectival rather than numerical rating system in evaluation of proposals is appropriate and provides a rational basis for source selection. 2. In award of a firm, fixed-price contract, agency's price realism evaluation is unobjectionable where it is based on cost and price information submitted by the offerors which reasonably supports conclusion that offerors' proposed prices are realistic. 3. Where corporate experience/past performance evaluation criterion did not restrict offerors' submission of information concerning production of item identical to that solicited, agency properly evaluated as acceptable, similar experience of offeror which had not previously produced the identical item. DECISION Cardinal Scientific, Inc. (CSI) protests the award of a contract to Defiance Electronics Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. SPO200-95-R-8084, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), for portable x-ray darkrooms. CSI contends that the RFP contained defective instructions and evaluation factors and challenges the agency's evaluation of proposals. We deny the protest. The RFP was issued on June 2, 1995, for a basic quantity of 202 portable x-ray darkrooms with an option for an additional 202 units. The units are designed as portable, light weight, rapidly assembled/disassembled darkrooms that provide a light-free environment for the processing of medical x-ray film within a modular, portable tent. The complete ensemble fits into a carrying case and includes a 1231212

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