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B-280133 1 (1998-09-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahuq0001 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: Electronic Data Systems Corporation File: B-280133; B-280133.2 Date: September 3, 1998 David S. Cohen, Esq., Andrew B. Katz, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., Alex D. Kond6, Esq., and Laurel Ann Hockey, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, for the protester. John W. Chierichella, Esq., Catherine E. Pollack, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, for BDM International, Inc., an intervenor. Maj. Jonathan C. Guden, Department of the Army, for the agency. David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency significantly understated the savings associated with the identified discriminators in its technical proposal, including time savings for travelers and authorizing officials resulting from proposed accelerated deployment of new official travel system, is denied where: (1) solicitation assigned only limited weight to deployment in the technical evaluation; and (2) agency reasonably focused on budgetary savings generated by a reduction in staffing rather than more intangible, incidental time savings and quality of life enhancements for travelers and authorizing officials. DECISION Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS) protests the Department of the Army's award of a contract to BDM International, Inc., under request for proposals (RFP) No. DAMTO1-97-R-1003, for a new official travel system and travel management services. EDS primarily challenges the best value determination. We deny the protest. The solicitation contemplated award of a fixed-price requirements contract for a base period of 5 years, with three 1-year options, for: (1) a new travel management software system, designated the Common User Interface (CUI), to be deployed to Department of Defense (DOD) users worldwide; (2) operation and maintenance of the CUI; and (3) travel management services with respect to official travel performed by travelers assigned to organizations in Defense Travel Region (DTR) 6 (comprised of the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska,

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