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B-276740 1 (1997-07-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafzn0001 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: Precision Echo, Inc. File: B-276740; B-276740.2 Date: July 23, 1997 Donald G. Featherstun, Esq., and Mitchell H. Segal, Esq., Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, for the protester. Ronald K Henry, Esq., Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, for TEAC America, Inc., an intervenor. Daniel A. Laguaite, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging evaluation and source selection is denied where agency reasonably determined that awardee's aircraft video fatigue data recorder demonstrated more user-friendly interface and consequently higher reliability; since awardee's proposal therefore was superior to protester's under the most important evaluation criteria, agency reasonably concluded that, despite its higher price, it represented better value than protester's. DECISION Precision Echo, Inc. protests the award of a contract to TEAC America, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00163-96-R-0336, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, for HI-8mm video fatigue data recorders (VFDR) for the Harrier AV-8B aircraft.1 Precision Echo challenges the acceptability of TEAC's offer and the evaluation generally. We deny the protest. The solicitation provided for award of a fixed-price contract for a base quantity of 209 VFDRs (with an option for an additional 20 units) to the responsible offeror whose offer provides the best value to the Government under the following three criteria (listed in descending order of importance): (1) statement of work (SOW), 1The VFDRs record the pilot's view of the heads-up display information (or instrument readings) projected onto the inside of the cockpit windshield for subsequent use in mission evaluation.

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