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B-291086 1 (2002-10-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaohx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity* Reliability 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: Moreland Corporation File: B-291086 Date: October 8, 2002 Robert J. Symon, Esq., and Stasia Broadwater, Esq., Spriggs & Hollingsworth, for the protester. Phillipa L. Anderson, Esq., Dennis Foley, Esq., and Philip Kauffman, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Exclusion of protester's lower-rated, lower-priced proposal for the construction and lease of an outpatient clinic from the competitive range was reasonable where the protester failed to address material concerns identified by the agency in its revised proposal. DECISION Moreland Corporation protests the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range and award of a contract to William J. Brant & Associates under solicitation for offers (SFO) No. V101-183R-629-006-01, issued by the Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) for the design, construction and lease of an outpatient clinic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We deny the protest. The SFO, issued October 29, 2001, requested cost proposals for a 15-year lease with one 5-year renewal option. SFO 1.4. Delivery of space was required by November 30, 2003. SFO 1.6. Award was to be made to the offeror whose proposal represented the best value to the government, price and other factors considered. SFO, Cover Letter, Oct. 29, 2001. The following evaluation factors were set forth in descending order of importance: (1) technical quality, including the quality of the building, the design concept and the quality of the site; (2) the adequacy and efficiency of the proposed operations and maintenance plans; and (3) the offeror's qualifications, including past performance. SFO 2.2. Price evaluation was to be based on the annual price per net usable square foot,

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