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B-277538.2 1 (1998-04-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahmj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Command Technology, hie. File: B-277538.2 Date: April 28, 1998 Igor Boris for the protester. Kathy B. Cowley, Esq., and Maria Bellizzi, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Christine F. Davis, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In making multiple awards on the basis of a price/technical tradeoff, agency reasonably determined that one awardee's significant price advantage overcame the minor technical advantages afforded by the protester's proposal, while another awardee's significant technical advantage overcame the slight price advantage of the protester's proposal. DECISION Command Technology, Inc. (CTI) protests its failure to receive an award under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00600-96-R-3241, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Supply Systems Command, for scanning and conversion services in support of the Defense Automated Printing Service. We deny the protest. The RFP contemplated the award of one or more contracts for the conversion of documents in a paper or microform format to an electronic data base. RFP § M.1. The RFP provided for the award(s) to be made on a fixed-price, indefinite-quantity, indefinite-delivery basis for a base year plus 4 option years. RFP §§ B, L.17. The RFP advised that the government may elect to pay a price premium to select a technically superior proposal for award. RFP § M.3(e). The RFP evaluation factors were (1) past performance, (2) technical understanding and approach/oral presentation, and (3) price, including options. RFP §§ M.2(a), M.6, M.7. Past performance was the most important factor, and the combined weight of the past performance factor and the technical understanding and approach/oral presentation factor was significantly more important than price. RFP §§ M.3(d), M.7(a).

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