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B-275139 1 (1997-01-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaftl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE A protected decision was issued on the date below and was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been redacted or approved by the parties involved for public release. Matter of: Creative Apparel Associates File: B-275139 Date: January 24, 1997 Ruth E. Ganister, Esq., and Glenn L. Blackwell, Esq., Rosenthal and Ganister, for the protester. Marc Lamer, Esq., Kostos and Lamer, P.C., an intervenor. Gale Furman, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, 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 awardee's proposal is denied where evaluation documentation clearly demonstrates that the ratings assigned to the proposal were reasonable and reflected the solicitation's stated evaluation criteria. 2. Protest against award to offeror with a lower-cost, lower-rated proposal is denied where agency reasonably determined that cost premium associated with award to higher-rated, higher-priced offeror was not justified by slightly higher technical rating. DECISION Creative Apparel Associates protests the Defense Logistics Agency's award of a contract to Carter Industries, Inc. to provide police security jackets under request for proposals (RFP) No. SPO100-95-R-0305. We deny the protest. The RFP contemplated the award of a firm, fixed-price contract for a base quantity with two option quantities of jackets.1 The RFP stated that technical criteria would be more important than price in the source selection decision. The RFP set forth a 1The solicitation required prices for the option quantities and stated that for price evaluation purposes the agency would use the total of the proposed prices for the base and option quantities. 32025

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