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B-296244 1 (2005-07-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqww0001 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. No party requested redactions; we are therefore releasing the decision in its entirety. Decision Matter of: Southern California Engineering, Inc. File: B-296244 Date: July 11, 2005 Thomas M. Finrow, Esq., for the protester. Alton E. Woods, Esq., Sherry Kinland Kaswell, Esq., and Veronica Rowan, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is denied where agency reasonably determined that protester's proposal for removal and replacement of pumps did not provide sufficient detail regarding the accomplishment of the work and the replacement pumps to be installed, and was therefore technically unacceptable. DECISION Southern California Engineering, Inc. (SoCal) protests the award of a contract to Moltz Constructors, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. 05-SP-30-8023 by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, for removal and replacement of specified pumps at the Hoover Dam and Powerplant. The protester argues that its proposal was unreasonably determined to be technically unacceptable due to flaws in the evaluation. We deny the protest. The RFP contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract to remove and replace sump pumps at the dam. The criteria for award specified that the non-price factors, when combined, were significantly more important than price. RFP at M-1. The RFP indicated, through incorporation of the provision in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 52.215-1(f)(4), that the agency intended to make award without holding discussions. RFP at L-1. The RFP called for evaluation of proposals based on the following evaluation factors and weights:

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