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B-278254 1 (1998-01-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahnp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a I GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Research Triangle Institute File: B-278254 Date: January 12, 1998 Philip J. Davis, Esq., and Mark H. Neblett, Esq., Wiley, Rein & Fielding, for the protester. Robert A. Mangrum, Esq., Carl J. Peckinpaugh, Esq., and Jason I. Hewitt, Esq., Winston & Strawn, for Chemonics International, Inc., an intervenor. Rumu Sarkar, Esq., United States Agency for International Development, for the agency. John Van Schaik, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST The selection of a lower-rated, lower-cost offer for award rather than a higher-rated, higher-cost offer in a best value procurement in which technical merit was stated to be more important than cost was not improper where the agency reasonably concluded that the higher-rated offer, although technically superior to the lower- rated offer, was not worth the additional cost. DECISION Research Triangle Institute (RTI) protests the award of a contract to Chemonics International, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. 97-001, issued by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). RTI contends that, in deciding to award the contract to Chemonics, the contracting officer disregarded the proposal evaluation record and ignored the RFP's stated evaluation criteria which emphasized technical superiority over cost. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP solicited proposals to provide technical assistance for the USAID Local Government Partnership (LGP) Program in Poland. The contractor is to support the efforts of Polish local governments to be more effective, responsive, and accountable on a sustainable basis. This is a follow-on contract to USAID's technical assistance pilot LGP program in Poland; RTI is a member of the

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