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B-276864 1 (1997-07-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafzv0001 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: J.A. Jones Management Services, Inc. File: B-276864 Date: July 24, 1997 William A. Roberts III, Esq., Brian A. Darst, Esq., and Richard P. Castiglia, Jr., Esq., Howrey & Simon, for the protester. Jim Robertson, for Intersteel, Inc., an intervenor. Robert W. Pessolano, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Andrew T. Pogany, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's contracting officer had inadequate basis for the award of a contract where the award decision was based on inaccurate and inadequately documented evaluation team report and recommendation concerning the relative technical merit of competing proposals. DECISION J.A. Jones Management Services, Inc., the incumbent contractor, protests the award of a contract to Intersteel, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. DACA27-97-R- 0013, issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Kentucky, for base-wide repair and construction work at Lexington Blue Grass Army Depot. The protester contends that the agency's technical evaluation was unreasonable and inaccurate; that the agency failed to adequately document and justify its source selection decision or to rationally identify the best value offeror during its evaluation; and that the agency otherwise misevaluated proposals. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on December 20, 1996, contemplated the award of an indefinite quantity contract, with individual fixed-price delivery orders to be issued for specified work, for an 18-month base period and 2 option years. The RFP stated that award would be made to that offeror whose offer, conforming to the solicitation, was most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered. The RFP cautioned offerors to submit their best terms from a cost or

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