About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-281218 1 (1998-12-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahye0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Sawtooth Enterprises, Inc. File: B-281218 Date: December 7, 1998 Tim Herrmann for the protester. Marion T. Cordova, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Selection of awardee's higher priced, technically higher-rated quotation was reasonable, where the solicitation provided for award on a cost/technical tradeoff basis and the agency reasonably concluded that the awardee's much lower performance risk outweighed the protester's lower-priced quotation. DECISION Sawtooth Enterprises, Inc. protests the issuance of a purchase order to David Mark Williams Construction (DMWC) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. R1-5-98-39, issued by the U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, for a 95-foot long continental-type trail bridge across Skull Creek in the Clearwater National Forest, Idaho. Sawtooth objects to the technical evaluation of its submission and complains that it should have received award based upon its lower-quoted price. We deny the protest. The RFQ was issued under simplified acquisition procedures for the installation of a prefabricated steel trail bridge in the Clearwater National Forest. Technical proposals were required to address the following evaluation criteria: (1) Past performance, including your history of performing quality work, timely completion, and commitment to customer satisfaction. Cite all recent (within past two years) contracts performed for similar work. Include the names and telephone numbers of the customer's representative, and the name of the foreman assigned to each project. Also include the names of the designer, fabricator, and supplier of the bridge. (2) Name, qualifications, and experience of the foreman and crew members to be assigned to this project.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most