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B-271899 1 (1996-08-28)

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Comptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548

Decision



Matter of: Quality Elevator Company, Inc.

File:        B-271899

Date:        August 28, 1996

George W. Ash, Esq., William J. Lewandowski, Esq., and William H. Carroll, Esq.,
Dykema Gossett, for the protester.
Gerald F. Ivey, Esq., Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, for Elevator
Control Service, an intervenor.
Cecelia R. Jones, Esq., Department of Commerce, for the agency.
Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Allegation that agency improperly evaluated protester's proposal is denied where
evaluation documentation shows that the ratings assigned to the proposal were
reasonable and reflected the solicitation's stated evaluation criteria.

2. Allegation that agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions with protester is
denied where discussion questions directly led protester into areas of its technical
proposal that required amplification.
DECISION

Quality Elevator Company, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Elevator Control
Service (Elcon), under request for proposals (RFP) No. 52-SAAA-6-00011, issued by
the Department of Commerce. Quality argues that the agency failed to conduct
meaningful discussions, and that the proposals were improperly evaluated.

We deny the protest.

The RFP, issued on November 30, 1995, requested proposals for a fixed-price
contract for a base year with 3 option years to provide labor, equipment, tools, and
materials to perform inspection, testing, maintenance, and repairs services on
elevators in the Herbert C. Hoover Building in Washington, D.C. Technical factors
were stated to be more important than price. The RFP contained the following
technical evaluation factors and associated points: (1) preventative maintenance


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