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B-285655 1 (2000-09-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaldx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa E 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: Hedgecock Electric, Inc. File: B-285655 Date: September 8, 2000 Terrance R. Ketchel, Esq., for the protester. Richard D. Lieberman, Esq., McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, for Webb Electric Company of North Florida, Inc., an intervenor. Wilson J. Campbell, Esq., Naval Facilities Engineering Command, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's downgrading of protester's proposal under technical requirements factor (safety control procedures subfactor) was reasonable where proposal did not demonstrate familiarity with safety manual listed in solicitation, and did not provide details of safety or quality control plans; downgrading of proposal under small business subcontracting effort factor was reasonable where solicitation specifically instructed offerors to state their subcontracting goals, and proposal contained only general statement that contracts performed by the offeror normally do not require the use of subcontractors. 2. Agency's decision to select higher-priced, higher technically rated proposal was reasonable where solicitation permitted selection of other than the lowest-priced proposal and agency specifically determined that, due to technical merit of awardee's proposal and weaknesses in protester's, awardee's higher-priced proposal provided the best value to the government. DECISION Hedgecock Electric, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Webb Electric Company of North Florida, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. N68950-99-R-0199, issued by the Department of the Navy for the construction of primary and secondary duct banks, pad mounted transformers, pad mounted switchgear, primary and secondary cable, secondary switch boards and incidental related site work at the Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois. Hedgecock argues that the Navy

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