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B-270364 1 (1996-03-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadyh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Volmar Construction, Inc. File: B-270364; B-270364.2 Date: March 4, 1996 V. James Adduci II, Esq., and Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg, for the protester. J. Kevin Bridston, Esq., Holland & Hart, for MCC Construction Corp., an intervenor. Nicholas P. Retson, Esq., and Michael J. O'Farrell, Jr., Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency conducted meaningful discussions where questions posed were sufficient to direct the protester to the agency's primary areas of concern about its proposal; all-encompassing discussions are not required. 2. Under a solicitation in which technical factors were more important than price, the selection of the awardee on the basis of its overall technical superiority, notwithstanding its higher price, is unobjectionable where the agency reasonably determined that the awardee's higher-priced proposal, which evidenced in particular superior relevant contract experience and past performance, was worth the additional cost, and the cost/technical tradeoff was consistent with the evaluation scheme. DECISION Volmar Construction, Inc. protests the award of a contract to MCC Construction Corporation under request for proposals (RFP) No. DAKF29-95-R-0001, issued by the Department of the Army for small to medium repair and minor construction projects at Fort Dix, New Jersey and at various other installations throughout New Jersey and New York. The protester contends that the agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions and that the award determination reflects an improper cost/technical tradeoff. The protests are denied. The RFP contemplated the award of an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity job order contract (JOC) for a base year with 2 option years, dividing the work to be 53334

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