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B-281388 1 (1999-02-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajgp0001 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: OMV Medical, Inc.; Saratoga Medical Center, Inc. File: B-281388; B-281388.2; B-281388.3 Date: February 3, 1999 Craig A. Holman, Esq., and Frank K Peterson, Esq., Holland & Knight, for OM Medical, Inc.; and Norman J. Philion, Esq., Peter A. Greene, Esq., Edward V. Hickey, III, Esq., and Danielle E. Berry, Esq., Thompson, line & Flory, for Saratoga Medical Center, Inc., the protesters. Jonathan M. Bailey, Esq., for Professional Performance Development Group, Inc., an interveno r. Clarence D. Long, III, Esq., and Capt. David A. Whiteford, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Determination to select lowest priced technically acceptable proposal for award of contract, and determination that the awardee's prices were realistic are unobjectionable where both determinations were made in a manner consistent with the evaluation criteria, and the awardee's professional compensation plan and base salaries compared favorably with other offerors and with the current average annual salary standard. 2. Agency did not relax solicitation's adequate compensation requirements and did not misleadingly cause offeror to maintain (rather than lower) its proposed professional compensation, where the agency was consistent in the concerns it raised with offerors about professional compensation, and made award to an offeror whose professional compensation compared favorably with the current average salary standard and the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook, and was actually higher than the protester's. 3. Firms which offered the third and fourth lowest prices of six technically equal proposals are not interested parties to protest that the contracting agency improperly evaluated the awardee's proposal since, as provided by the solicitation,

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