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B-283885 1 (2000-01-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptakyq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa __Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Saco Defense Corporation File: B-283885 Date: January 20, 2000 Robert A. Mangrum, Esq., Eric J. Marcotte, Esq., and Scott A. Schipma, Esq., Winston & Strawn, for the protester. Thomas C. Papson, Esq., and Richard P. Castiglia, Jr., Esq., McKenna & Cuneo, for Ramo Manufacturing, Inc., an intervenor. Vera Meza, Esq., and Maria B. Bribriesco, Esq., U.S. Army Materiel Command, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Evaluation was inconsistent with solicitation's evaluation scheme where, although solicitation provided that proposals would be evaluated for quality, including effectiveness of the total quality system and how well quality processes are controlled, agency evaluated awardee's proposal as equal to protester's (which included adequate information) under quality factor, notwithstanding that awardee's proposal provided little more information than the quality standard used. DECISION Saco Defense Corporation protests the U. S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command's (TACOM) award of a contract to Ramo Manufacturing, Inc., under request for proposals (RFP) No. DAAE20-98-R-0201, for M2 machine guns, stellite-lined M2 barrel assemblies, and M2 bolt sub-assemblies. Saco contests the evaluation of technical proposals and the resulting source selection. We sustain the protest. The solicitation, issued June 23, 1999, provided for award to be made on the basis of best value to the government, considering past performance, quality, small business participation, and price. When combined, the non-price evaluation factors were more important than price, while quality and past performance were significantly more important than small business participation. The solicitation further indicated

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