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B-296490 1 (2005-08-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqxs0001 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: Johnson Controls Security Systems File: B-296490; B-296490.2 Date: August 29, 2005 David R. Johnson, Esq., Kathleen C. Little, Esq., Amy R. Napier, Esq., and Amanda J. Kastello, Esq., Vinson & Elkins, for the protester. Kevin P. Connelly, Esq., Joseph J. Dyer, Esq., and Amanda B. Weiner, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw, for Quanta Systems Corporation, an intervenor. Diane P. Mullaney, Esq., Department of the Treasury, 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 1. Protest is sustained where awardee misrepresented in its proposal that it had made arrangements before award to obtain training and certification required under the solicitation for its personnel, and the misrepresentation was material in that the agency relied upon it and the record indicates that it had a significant impact upon the evaluation. 2. Protest is sustained where, rather than determining which proposal was most advantageous, as required under the best value evaluation scheme, agency essentially considered only whether the proposals were technically acceptable, and failed to reasonably account for the technical superiority of the protester's proposal. DECISION Johnson Controls Security Systems (JCSS) protests the award of a contract by the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), to Quanta Systems Corporation, under request for proposals (RFP) No. BEP-04-0022, for the operation, monitoring and repair of the security systems at BEP's currency production facility in Washington, D.C. JCSS challenges the evaluation of proposals and award selection. We sustain the protest.

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