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Comptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548
Decision
Matter of: Tidewater Homes Realty, Inc.
File: B-274689
Date: December 26, 1996
Freida V. Rapp and Kenneth S. Rapp for the protester.
Virginia Kelly Stevens, Esq., and Jane D. Atkinson, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, for the agency.
Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Agency's best value award selection is not reasonably supported where the
record reflects that the selection of the awardee was based on an unequal
evaluation of the protester's and awardee's proposals.
2. Agency improperly waived definitive responsibility criterion which required the
awardee possess a Virginia Real Estate Broker License at the time of award, where
the agency determined the awardee to be responsible, despite not possessing the
license.
DECISION
Tidewater Homes Realty, Inc. protests the award of a contract to CitiWest under
request for proposals (RFP) No. H03R95062400000, a total small business set-aside,
issued by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
for real estate asset manager (REAM) services for single-family properties owned by
HUD or in its custody in Virginia Beach, Virginia area under a firm, fixed-price,
indefinite quantity, contract for a base year with 4 option years.
We sustain the protest.
The RFP, issued as a small business set-aside on June 1, 1995, provided for a best
value award with the technical evaluation being worth more than cost/price. The
RFP listed the following technical evaluation factors and corresponding values:
1. Demonstrated experience in the management of single-family
properties similar to and in a like area as those covered by this
solicitation. [25 points]
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