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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: Computer Products, Inc.
File: B-284702
Date: May 24, 2000
Ira E. Hoffman, Esq., Alan M. Grayson, Esq., and Brian T. Scher, Esq.,
Grayson & Kubli, for the protester.
Pamela J. Mazza, Esq., Philip M. Dearborn III, Esq., and Antonio R. Franco, Esq.,
Piliero, Mazza & Pargament, for Tessada & Associates, Inc., an intervenor.
Joseph Boggs, Esq., Department of the Navy, 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
In a competitive procurement under the Federal Supply Schedule program in which
the solicitation announced that award would be made on a best value basis and that
technical factors were more important than price, the agency improperly selected
the awardee to receive the order based upon the awardee's technically acceptable,
lowest-priced quote.
DECISION
Computer Products, Inc. (CPI) protests the award of an order to Tessada &
Associates, Inc. under its Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract, pursuant to
request for quotations (RFQ) No. 3-GR-2553, issued by the Naval Air Warfare Center.
CPI complains that the Navy selected Tessada for award as the lowest-priced,
technically acceptable quote, but that the RFQ stated that technical merit was more
important than price and the Navy did not credit CPI for its technically superior
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We sustain the protest.
The Navy issued the RFQ on January 13, 2000 to [DELETED] FSS vendors, including
CPI and Tessada, seeking quotes for financial reconciliation and prevalidation of
obligations services. RFQ Cover Letters. The vendors were informed that 11,955
staff hours were required to perform the RFQ requirement and that they should
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