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B-292822.5 1 (2004-12-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapie0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability 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: Pride Mobility Products Corporation File: B-292822.5 Date: December 6, 2004 Stephen M. Azia, Esq., Eastwood & Azia, for the protester. Edward 0. Patton, Esq., Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos, for Invacare Corporation, an intervenor. Barbara J. Stuetzer, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest against agency determination that awardee's proposed wheelchair was superior to protester's is denied where the determination was reasonably based on a demonstration of the wheelchairs, as provided for by the solicitation, which showed that the awardee's wheelchair was superior in both indoor and outdoor environments. DECISION Pride Mobility Products Corporation protests the Department of Veterans Affairs' award of a contract to Invacare Corporation under request for proposals (RFP) No. RFP-797-NC-03-0028, for standard-size, power-based wheelchairs. Pride challenges the evaluation of proposals. We deny the protest. The RFP provided for award of one or more fixed-price indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contracts--with a 1-year base period and four 1-year options--for 4 items or award groups, including: integral seat power wheelchairs, light duty (group 1); integral seat power wheelchairs, moderate duty (group 2); power-based wheelchairs, small size (group 3); and power-based wheelchairs, standard size (group 4), the only group in issue here. The RFP included detailed specifications, setting forth both dimensions and minimum performance capabilities, and required the submission of sample wheelchairs for purposes of demonstrating conformance to the specifications and the performance of the wheelchairs.

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