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B-276885 1 (1997-07-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagab0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Federal Computer International Corporation File: B-276885 Date: July 29, 1997 Lawrence J. Sklute, Esq., for the protester. Michael Briskin, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Amy C. Lohr, Behn Miller, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Where solicitation contained general statement regarding price evaluation, but was silent as to the actual calculation method which would be utilized to evaluate prices, protest that agency performed an improper evaluation is denied where: (1) the basis for the evaluation challenge--the protester's interpretation of an ambiguous solicitation--was apparent from the solicitation but not challenged prior to the solicitation's closing time; and (2) except for mere disagreement, the protester has not shown--and the record does not suggest--that the agency's price evaluation was unreasonable. DECISION Federal Computer International Corporation (FCIC) protests the selection of Technical Specialties, Inc. (TSI) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SP4700-97- Q-0001, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for computer maintenance at various DLA sites in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. FCIC contends that the agency failed to adhere to the RFQ's pricing evaluation criteria, and that under a proper evaluation, FCIC should have been selected because it submitted the lowest quo te. We deny the protest. This requirement was initially issued on December 31, 1996, as a request for proposals; on January 23, 1997, DLA converted the solicitation to a small purchase RFQ, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 13. As amended, the RFQ contemplated the award of a fixed-price, time-and-materials contract 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 submitting the technically acceptable quotation offering the best value to the government, based on a comparative assessment of past performance and price, which were ranked as equal factors.

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