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B-274689.4 1 (1997-11-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafqw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a I GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: CitiWest Properties, Inc. File: B-274689.4 Date: November 26, 1997 Anthony F. Radd, Esq., Payne, Gates, Farthing & Radd, P.C., for the protester. Arthur Serratelli, Esq., and Howard W. Roth III, Esq., Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, L.L.P., an intervenor. Virginia Kelly Stephens, Esq., Department of Housing & Urban Development, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST An agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions with the protester, where the agency did not inform the protester during discussions of the weaknesses or deficiencies in its proposal that led to its exclusion from the second, post-discussions competitive range. DECISION CitiWest Properties, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Tidewater Homes Realty, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. H03R95062400000, a total small business set-aside, issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), for real estate asset manager services for single-family properties owned by HUD or in its custody in the Virginia Beach, Virginia area. Although CitiWest originally received award under the RFP, in Tidewater Homes Realty. Inc., B-274689, Dec. 26, 1996, 96-2 CPD 241, we sustained Tidewater's protest because we found that Tidewater's proposal was evaluated unequally vis-a-vis CitiWest's proposal. In response to our recommendation, HUD reevaluated proposals, determined that CitiWest's proposal was not in the competitive range, and selected Tidewater's proposal for award. We sustain the protest. The RFP, issued on June 1, 1995, provided for the award of a firm, fixed-price indefinite quantity, contract for a base year with 3 option years, on a best-value basis with technical worth more than cost/price. The technical evaluation factors and corresponding values were as follows:

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