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B-275356 1 (1997-02-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafuf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller 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: Computer Systems Development Corporation File: B-275356 Date: February 11, 1997 John R. Tolle, Esq., Barton, Mountain & Tolle, LLP, for the protester. Barbara S. Kinosky, Esq., Bean, Kinney & Korman; and James S. Phillips, P.C., Esq., for Cost Management Systems, Inc., an intervenor. Keith Simmons, Esq., and James T. Tate, Jr., Esq., Department of Defense, for the agency. Marie Penny Ahearn, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging award to higher-priced, higher technically rated offeror is denied where solicitation's evaluation scheme gave greater weight to technical merit than to price; agency reasonably determined that awardee's proposal was technically superior to protester's; and by identifying and costing specific technical discriminators as a tool in its best value assessment, agency reasonably concluded that protester's lower price did not outweigh technical advantages of awardee's proposal. DECISION Computer Systems Development Corporation (CSDC) protests the award of a contract to Cost Management Systems, Inc. (CMS) under request for proposals (RFP) No. HQ0006-96-R-0004, issued by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO), Department of Defense (DOD), to provide support services for automated information systems (AIS). The protester argues that BMDO improperly evaluated proposals and unreasonably selected CMS for award despite CMS' higher price. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP contemplated award of a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for a 2-year base period with two 1-year options, on a best value basis. The technical evaluation factors, in descending order of importance, were: (1) past performance, 501228

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