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B-298426 1 (2006-09-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptasqm0001 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: Crown Title Corporation File: B-298426 Date: September 21, 2006 Thomas C. Papson, Esq., and Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, for the protester. Thomas J. Madden, Esq., and Sharon A. Jenks, Esq., Venable LLP, for Lawyers Advantage Title Group, Inc., an intervenor. Richard A. Marchese, Esq., Department of Housing and Urban Development, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's award to offeror that submitted lower-rated, lower-priced proposal in a best value procurement is proper where the source selection was based on a reasonable determination that the substantial price premium associated with protester's higher-rated, higher-priced proposal was not justified given the level of technical competence available at the lower price. DECISION Crown Title Corporation protests the award of a contract to Lawyers Advantage Title Group, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. R-PHI-00948, a small business set-aside issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for real estate closing agent services for HUD properties located in Maryland. Crown primarily contends that, since the RFP provided that technical merit was significantly more important than price, the agency should have awarded the contract to Crown based on its higher-rated, higher-priced proposal. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on July 17, 2005, anticipated the award of a fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract for a base year and 3 option years. RFP at 3, 42. The award was to be made to the firm submitting the proposal found to offer the best value considering technical factors and price. The RFP provided the following equally weighted technical evaluation factors: prior experience (including

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