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B-270518 1 (1998-05-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahlj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: William L. Menefee File: B-279272 Date: May 28, 1998 William L. Menefee III, for the protester. Lynn W. Flanagan, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Selection of offer with higher combined technical and price scores than that proposed by the protester is unobjectionable where the evaluation was conducted in accordance with solicitation, and the record supports the agency's view that the protester's proposed building site was less desirable than the awardee's. DECISION William L. Menefee protests the award of a lease to Cook Carson, Inc. (Carson) under solicitation for offers (SFO) No 57-7335-79, issued by the Department of Agriculture for office space in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. Menefee argues that the award to Carson at a rent higher than that proposed by Menefee is based on USDA's continued bias against Menefee, which translated to an unreasonable evaluation of its offer. We deny the protest. As amended, the SFO calls for 7,550 square feet (sq. ft.) of occupiable space in a new or existing building of sound and substantial construction, along with 50 on-site, paved parking spaces to house the offices of the Farm Service Agency (FSA), Rural Economic Community Development Service (RD), and the National Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS).1 The SFO contemplated award of a 1Previously, in connection with a different SFO issued in early 1996, Menefee was the lowest-priced offeror with the highest technical evaluation score for existing space to house the USDA Service Center in Pauls Valley. The offers were rejected and the SFO canceled because the State Administrative Committee (SAC), which is made up of employees from each of the three agencies--FSA, RD, and NRCS, questioned how the older renovated building offered by Menefee could receive a (continued...)

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