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B-287016 1 (2001-03-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamof0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy 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: Carlson Wagonlit Travel File: B-287016 Date: March 6, 2001 Lars E. Anderson, Esq., Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Sean M. Howley, Esq., Venable, Baetjer & Howard, for the protester. Barry Roberts, Esq., and Brian J. Hundertmark, Esq., Roberts & Hundertmark, for Omega World Travel, Inc., an intervenor. Paul Kominos, Esq., and Capt. Dara Chane Leavitt, National Security Agency, for the agency. Tania Calhoun, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that contracting agency unreasonably evaluated proposal as technically unacceptable is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's stated evaluation criteria; agency is not required to conduct discussions with offerors where solicitation advised that the agency intended to award a contract on the basis of initial proposals. DECISION Carlson Wagonlit Travel protests the award of a contract to Omega World Travel, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. MDA904-00-R-3108, issued by the National Security Agency (NSA) for travel services. Carlson argues that NSA improperly evaluated its proposal as technically unacceptable and improperly failed to engage in exchanges with the firm prior to award. We deny the protest. NSA issued this RFP on September 19, 2000, to obtain the services of a commercial travel office (CTO) to provide or arrange for a complete range of travel services for agency official travel, including procuring transportation, lodging accommodations, rental cars, and other travel-related services at the most economical cost to the agency. The RFP anticipated the award of a no-cost contract with fixed-price transaction fees based upon commissions for one base year, with up to four 1-year option periods.

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