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B-278579.2 1 (1998-07-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahpb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Possehn Consulting File: B-278579.2 Date: July 29, 1998 Dennis Possehn for the protester. Daniel N. Hylton, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Ralph 0. White, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency decision to narrow the competitive range without considering protester's low proposed price was improper where proposal received good ratings and was not determined to be technically unacceptable. 2. Under solicitation for location and installation of permanent forest inventory plots, protester's contention that evaluation of its proposal was unreasonable is sustained where the record shows that the agency's evaluation materials ignored evidence of required experience provided by the protester in its best and final offer. DECISION Possehn Consulting protests the award of a contract to Steve Holmes Forestry by the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. R5-06-97-33, issued for the location and installation of permanent forest inventory plots in the Lassen, Plumas, and Tahoe National Forests, as part of the agency's Forest Health Pilot Monitoring Project. Possehn argues that the agency's award decision is based on an unreasonable evaluation of its proposal. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND This protest is Possehn's second challenge to the Forest Service's procurement for permanent forest inventory plots in the above-named national forests. The purpose of these plots is to permit long-term monitoring of the health of these forests. A brief history of the procurement is set forth below. The RFP was issued for these services on August 22, 1997, seeking fixed-priced proposals for approximately 300 forest health inventory plots, aggregated into nine groups. The RFP anticipated award to the offeror whose proposal offered the best

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