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B-276878 1 (1997-07-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagaa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: SWR, Inc. File: B-276878 Date: July 29, 1997 Timothy S. Swindall for the protester. Michael Briskin, Esq., and Elizabeth M. Grant, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. C. Douglas McArthur, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Where solicitation identified price and past performance as equally weighted evaluation criteria, identified form on which firms were to provide past performance information, and advised firms of the use to which the form would be put and the manner in which past performance would be evaluated, selection of higher-priced quote submitted by firm with higher past performance rating was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation scheme; protest that form used for past performance evaluation was insufficient to distinguish between firms is untimely, since the solicitation clearly described the use to which the form would be put. DECISION SWR, Inc. protests the issuance of a purchase order to Technical Specialties, Inc. (TSI) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SP4700-97-Q-0001, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for maintenance of computers. SWR asserts that the agency lacked a reasonable basis for its evaluation of quotes and selection of TSI. We deny the protest. This requirement was initially issued on December 31, 1996, as a request for proposals to supply parts and labor necessary for remedial and preventative maintenance of government-owned microcomputers and peripheral equipment located at the DLA headquarters complex at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia and other DLA- supported activities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. On January 23, 1997, DLA converted the solicitation to a small purchase RFQ, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13. As amended, the RFQ contemplated the issuance of a fixed-price, time-and-materials purchase order for a performance period not to exceed either a maximum funding ceiling of $50,000 or 1 year, whichever occurred earlier. The RFQ stated that award would be made to the firm

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