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B-272936 1 (1996-11-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaekb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: ValueCAD File: B-272936 Date: November 7, 1996 Sal Kadri for the protester. Alan D. Groesbeck, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. C. Douglas McArthur, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's decision to narrow consideration for award to 6 highest-rated, of 11, proposals and selection of lowest-priced proposal of the 6 was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation criteria, which provided for a price/technical tradeoff, where after the evaluation of best and final offers, evaluators reasonably concluded that the 6 highest-rated proposals were significantly superior to the 5 other proposals in the competitive range. DECISION ValueCAD protests the award of a contract to Eagle Mapping Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. 51-96-023, issued by the Forest Service for conversion and digitizing services. ValueCAD essentially argues that it was unreasonable for the agency to make award to another offeror given that it offered an acceptable level of competence at a lower price. We deny the protest. On May 16, 1996, the agency issued the RFP for a fixed-price requirements contract for conversion and digitizing services to produce digital data for forest resource information and automated cartographic applications. The RFP provided for award based on a price/technical tradeoff to the offeror whose proposal's price/technical relationship was most advantageous to the government, considering past performance, capacity, key personnel, and the offeror's experience, in that order of importance. The RFP stated that under past performance, the agency would consider the offeror's quality control system, the amount of work passed on initial inspection, and turn around time on projects, among other things. Under capacity, the agency would look at the number of employees available for the contract, and the type of equipment and software to be used. The agency also would evaluate the education and experience of key personnel, as well as the company's experience. 558117

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