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B-289128 1 (2001-12-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamte0001 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: DRA Software Training File: B-289128; B-289128.2 Date: December 13, 2001 Ronna L. Fickbohm, Esq., Gabroy, Rollman & Bosse, for the protester. Maj. Kateni T. Leakehe, Department of the Army, 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 Protests that contracting agency unreasonably evaluated awardee's proposal and improperly evaluated price are denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's stated evaluation criteria. DECISION DRA Software Training protests the award of a contract to Internet Institute USA, Inc. (IIUSA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. DABT63-01-R-0032, issued by the Department of the Army to obtain computer training and associated supplies at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. DRA contends that the Army unreasonably evaluated IIUSA's technical capability and past performance, and improperly evaluated price. We deny the protests. The solicitation, issued as a commercial item procurement, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract to a small business to conduct these courses over 1 base year and up to 3 option years. Award was to be made to the offeror whose proposal was most advantageous to the government considering the following evaluation factors, listed in descending order of importance: (1) technical capability of the school or company, its particular instructors to be used on this work, and the text and other materials to be used to meet the government requirement; (2) past performance; and (3) price. The first two factors, when combined, were twice as important as price. RFP at 17-18. Offers were required to include completed pricing of the schedule of services; a description of any services offered above the solicitation's requirements, such as technical support, and pricing information, if necessary; two references for past

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