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B-279920 1 (1998-08-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahud0001 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: Development Alternatives, Inc. File: B-279920 Date: August 6, 1998 Thomas K David, Esq., and Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., McMahon, David & Brody, for the protester. Andrew Irwin, Esq., Brian A. Darst, Esq., and William A. Roberts III, Esq., Howrey & Simon, for Barents Group, LLC, an intervenor. Rumu Sarkar, Esq., and Gary Winter, Esq., U.S. Agency for International Development, for the agency. Tania Calhoun, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that one of the contracting agency's evaluators improperly infused the evaluation of technical proposals with his own preferences, rather than the stated evaluation criteria, is denied where the record, when read as a whole, shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria. 2. Protest that contracting agency improperly failed to discuss a weakness found in the protester's initial proposal is denied where there is no evidence that it was considered a significant weakness and its existence did not prevent the protester from having a reasonable chance for award. Related allegation that questions asked during an oral interview constituted discussions is denied where the record shows that the questions were merely requests for additional clarifying detail concerning information already presented in the proposals as revised by written best and final offers. DECISION Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI) protests the award of a contract to Barents Group, LLC, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 168-98-01, issued by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for technical and advisory services associated with a program to provide lending and business consulting services in support of post-war reconstruction efforts in Bosnia-Herzegovina. DAI contends that USAID's evaluation of technical proposals was unreasonable, that its conduct of discussions was improper, and that its selection of Barents was not rationally justified.

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