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B-275896 1 (1997-04-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafwe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Telford Aviation, Inc. File: B-275896 Date: April 16, 1997 Howell Roger Riggs, Esq., for the protester. Thomas G. Jeter, Esq., and Mark J. Meagher, Esq., McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P., for Doss Aviation, Inc., the intervenor. Maj. Michael J. O'Farrell, Jr., Department of the Army, for the agency. Robert C. Arsenoff, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the evaluation of protester's technical and price proposals was flawed is denied where agency reasonably followed the evaluation criteria in scoring proposals and the protester's argument essentially reflects its disagreement with the evaluators based on a view that its proposal should not have been downgraded merely because it complied with the solicitation's minimum technical requirements. 2. Record provides no basis to object to cost/technical tradeoff based on reasonable technical and price evaluations where protester's allegation is premised on its contrary view of the underlying evaluation. DECISION Telford Aviation, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Doss Aviation, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. DABT51-95-R-0034, issued by the Department of the Army for aircraft maintenance and repair services at Fort Bliss, Texas, and Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Telford alleges that the evaluation of its proposal was improper and also challenges the cost/technical tradeoff decision resulting in the selection of Doss. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP contemplated the award of a fixed-price requirements contract to the offeror whose proposal was determined to represent the best value to the government based on price and other factors. The solicitation provided that technical and management factors were more important than price, which was, in 619416

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