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B-299582.4 1 (2007-09-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaufq0001 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: Korrect Optical, Inc. File: B-299582.4; B-299582.5 Date: September 7, 2007 Kristen E. Ittig, Esq., and Caitlin K. Cloonan, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, for the protester. Dennis Foley, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that awardee's proposal failed to comply with material solicitation requirement and thus could not form the basis for an award is denied where record demonstrates that awardee's proposal did comply with the requirement. 2. Where solicitation provided for award to the proposal determined most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered, and agency reasonably determined proposals to be essentially equivalent with regard to the non-price factors, selection of the awardee's proposal based on its lower price was reasonable. DECISION Korrect Optical, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Safe-Lite Optical Company under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA-246-07-RP-0002, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide eyeglasses to eligible veterans at VA Medical Centers in Veterans Integrated Service Network 6. The protester contends that Safe-Lite's proposal was materially deficient for failing to offer the required number of frame styles. The protester also takes issue with the evaluation of its own proposal and the agency's determination that all proposals were essentially equal technically.' 1 In its initial protest, Korrect also alleged that Safe-Lite's prices were materially unbalanced. The agency responded that while Safe-Lite had proposed pricing lower than its competitors on several items, it had proposed a significantly higher price on only a single item (i.e., glass progressive lenses) for which the estimated quantity (continued...)

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