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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: Dew Drop Sprinklers & Landscaping
File: B-293963
Date: July 15, 2004
Lawrence H. Vance, Jr., Esq., Winston & Cashatt, for the protester.
Marion T. Cordova, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency.
Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Agency reasonably determined that higher-priced quotation offered the best value
where the awardee had more relevant experience than the protester and the
protester failed to provide such required information as a safety plan.
DECISION
Dew Drop Sprinklers & Landscaping protests the issuance of a purchase order to
TML Construction, Inc. under request for quotations (RFQ) No. R1-04-04-04, issued
by the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, for water system
improvements. Dew Drop challenges the agency's decision to award to TML at a
higher price.
We deny the protest.
The RFQ, issued on October 9, 2003 under the simplified acquisition procedures
prescribed in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, contemplated award of a
fixed-price order to relocate three existing Reduced Pressure Backflow
Preventor[s] from underground vaults to above ground, heated enclosures at the
Coeur d'Alene Nursery, Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Idaho. The RFQ included
detailed project drawings and, in addition, encouraged vendors to undertake a site
visit. RFQ § J-3. Award was to be made on the basis of the quotation representing
the best overall value considering past performance, experience, technical ability
to meet the requirements, including Contractor's safety measures in place and
identified in the offer, and price. RFQ, Standard Form 18.
Vendors were directed to complete and return with their quotation a questionnaire
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