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B-273027 1 (1996-11-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaekk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Engineered Systems, Inc. File: B-273027 Date: November 15, 1996 David B. Gilfillan for the protester. Kenneth A. Lechter, Esq., and Jerry A. Walz, Esq., Department of Commerce, for the agency. Ralph 0. White, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Contention that agency unreasonably evaluated protester's technical proposal, and improperly concluded that the awardee's significantly higher-rated, slightly higher- priced proposal offered the best value to the government, is denied where the record shows that the agency evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria. DECISION Engineered Systems, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Independent Technology, Inc. (INTEC) pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. 52-DGNW- 6-00010, issued by the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), for maintenance and logistics support of the NOAA Weather Radio Transmitter Network. Engineered Systems argues that the agency improperly evaluated its proposal under every evaluation criterion and unreasonably selected INTEC's higher-rated, higher-priced proposal. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND NOAA issued the RFP on October 10, 1995, seeking offers to maintain and support the Weather Radio Transmitter Network, which provides critical weather warnings to the nation. The RFP generally anticipated award of a fixed-price requirements contract, although some elements of the contract were to be priced on a time-and- materials basis. The RFP advised that proposals would be evaluated using four evaluation factors--personnel, technical approach, past performance, and corporate experience--and that the personnel and technical approach evaluation factors would be significantly more important than the past performance and corporate 4571115

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