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B-298313.2 1 (2006-09-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptasqa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G a A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Aviation Technology, Inc. File: B-298313.2 Date: September 21, 2006 John Verderame for the protester. J.R. Cohn, Esq., and Julius Rothlein, Esq., U.S. Marine Corps, for the agency. Robert C. Single, Esq., for Dayton T. Brown, Inc., an intervenor. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest objecting to agency's award of contract to higher-priced, higher-rated firm than protester is denied where acquisition was conducted on best value basis and record shows agency made reasonable price/technical tradeoff. DECISION Aviation Technology, Inc. (ATI) protests the award of a contract to Dayton T. Brown, Inc. under request for quotations (RFQ) No. M00146-06-T-9007, issued by the U.S. Marine Corps to acquire a quantity of hydraulic pump test stands. ATI asserts that the agency made an unreasonable source selection decision. We deny the protest. The RFQ contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract to furnish two hydraulic pump test stands. Firms were advised that award would be made on a best value basis considering price and the following non-price factors: technical approach (worth up to 50 of 100 possible points), corporate experience (25 points) and past performance (25 points). Firms were further advised that the non-price factors combined were significantly more important than price. The agency received numerous quotations and, after evaluating them, assigned the protester's a combined score of 65 points and Brown's 85 points. Brown's price was $285,250, while the protester's was $265,876. On the basis of these evaluation results, the agency decided to make award to Brown without discussions, finding that the firm's quotation represented the best value to the government; the agency

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