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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.
D e c i s i o n ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Matter of: HMR Tech, LLC
File: B-295968; B-295968.2
Date: May 19, 2005
Antonio R. Franco, Esq., Pamela J. Mazza, Esq., and Jennafer M. Seeley, Esq., Piliero,
Mazza & Pargament, PLLC, for the protester.
Talbot J. Nicholas II, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency.
Linda S. Lebowitz, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Where proposals were reasonably evaluated as technically equal, agency properly
selected for award the proposal of the firm submitting the lower price.
DECISION
HMR Tech, LLC protests the award of a contract to Enterprise Information Services,
Inc. (EIS) under request for proposals (RFP) No. HSCG23-04-R-ADMOO3, issued by
the United States Coast Guard (USCG), Department of Homeland Security, for
project/acquisition management services for the USCG Acquisition Directorate.
HMR challenges the agency's evaluation of the EIS price proposal.
We deny the protest.
The RFP, issued on July 9, 2004 as a competitive 8(a) set-aside, contemplated the
award of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with fixed-price task
orders for a 1-year base period and four 1-year option periods to the offeror whose
proposal represented the best value to the government, considering technical
evaluation factors, price, and past performance. Schedule B of the RFP listed
23 labor categories; for each of these labor categories, the RFP also listed an
estimated number of labor hours. Offerors were required to insert a loaded on-site
[fixed-price] hourly rate and a loaded off-site [fixed-price] hourly rate for each
labor category. RFP § B. 1.
Section M of the RFP listed, in descending order of importance, the following
evaluation factors and subfactors: (1) technical understanding and capability](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptaqvy0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)