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B-287477.2 1 (2001-05-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptampu0001 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 Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: SOS Interpreting, Ltd. File: B-287477.2 Date: May 16, 2001 J. Patrick McMahon, Esq., and William T. Welch, Esq., Barton, Baker, McMahon & Tolle, LLP, for the protester. J. Michael Sawyers, Esq., Drug Enforcement Administration, for the agency. Aldo A. Benejam, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency was not required to conduct discussions with protester aimed at lowering its proposed price below the awardee's, even though award was ultimately based on lowest price, where agency determined that protester's price was reasonable and comparable to other offerors' prices. 2. Allegation that evaluation of proposals was flawed is denied where, although the agency applied unequally weighted evaluation subfactors, in view of the minimal differences between the assumed equal weights and actual weights assigned, and the protester's high total price, there is virtually no possibility that the protester was prejudiced in the evaluation. DECISION SOS Interpreting, Ltd. (SOS) protests the award of a contract to Comprehensive Technologies, Inc. (CTI) under request for proposals (RFP) No. DEA-00-R-0013, issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for translation and technical support services. SOS argues that the agency did not conduct meaningful discussions with the firm regarding its proposed price, and maintains that the agency improperly applied unequally weighted evaluation subfactors. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on April 14, 2000, contemplated the award of a fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a base year with up to four 1-year option periods. RFP §§ B.2, B.8, L.4. Offerors were required to submit proposals in

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