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B-278450 1 (1998-01-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahoo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: American Artisan Productions, hie. File: B-278450 Date: January 30, 1998 Arthur L. Friedman for the protester. James L. Weiner, Esq., and Justin P. Patterson, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester is not competitively prejudiced by the confusing evaluation scheme in a procurement conducted under simplified acquisition procedures that did not list technical approach as an evaluation criterion, where the solicitation otherwise reasonably disclosed that technical approach would be evaluated, the protester does not deny that the solicitation required it to describe its technical approach, the awardee's technical approach was reasonably found to be clearly superior to the protester's technical approach so as to reasonably offset the protester's modest price advantage, and the agency had a reasonable basis for finding the awardee's proposal superior to the protester's under the explicitly identified evaluation criteria. DECISION American Artisan Productions, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Turner Exhibits, Inc., under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 1443-RQ-8530-97-027, issued by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, for fabricating museum exhibits for the Loomis Museum, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California. American Artisan contends that the Park Service's evaluation was not in accordance with the stated evaluation factors. We deny the protest. The RFQ, issued under simplified acquisition procedures, required the contractor to fabricate and install a set of seven exhibits related to volcanic activity to be exhibited at the Loomis Museum, including necessary labor, materials, professional services, facilities, and travel. The exhibits were required to be constructed and installed in accordance with detailed specifications and construction drawings keyed to each exhibit.

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