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B-279707 1 (1998-07-09)

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Comptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548
Decision




Matter of:   HSQ Technology

File:        B-279707

Date:        July 9, 1998

Donald 0. Pratt, Esq., Pratt & Sanderford, for the protester.
Christopher M. Bellomy, Esq., Arthur F. Thibodeau, Esq., and George N. Brezna,
Esq., Naval Facilities Engineering Command, for the agency.
Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protester's proposal was properly excluded from the competitive range as not
having a reasonable chance of being selected for award in view of agency's receipt
of significantly higher-rated proposals; protester's proposal lacked information
showing satisfaction of experience requirements by proposed key personnel even
after agency requested, in two rounds of discussions, that the required information
be provided.
DECISION

HSQ Technology protests the elimination of its proposal from the competitive range
under request for proposals (RFP) No. N47408-97-R-1806, issued by the Naval
Facilities Engineering Command for a supervisory control and data acquisition
system to be known as the Pier Power Monitoring/Utility Control System. HSQ
contends that the Navy misevaluated HSQ's proposal and improperly eliminated the
proposal from the competitive range.

We deny the protest.

The RFP was issued on January 6, 1997 for a predominantly electrical system to be
configured as a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system for the
Naval Station in San Diego, California. The requirement is to provide, install,
maintain, repair, replace, and test systems that will monitor, control, analyze, and
provide historical and billing information for certain utility services. The RFP
contemplated the award of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with
provisions for both fixed-price and cost-reimbursable pricing. Award was to be
made on the basis of best value to the government.

The RFP set forth the following five general evaluation factors: technical; past
performance; cost; subcontracting; and software license agreement. The technical

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