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B-400154 1 (2008-07-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptawbi0001 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 version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Commercial Window Shield File: B-400154 Date: July 2, 2008 Christopher Hensien, Esq., Kevin J. Kenney & Associates, Ltd., for the protester. Jonathan S. Baker, Esq., Environmental Protection Agency, for the agency. Edward Goldstein, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly evaluated vendor's quotation is denied where the evaluation was consistent with the request for quotations and the protester's arguments reflect mere disagreement with the agency's technical judgments. DECISION Commercial Window Shield (CWS) protests the issuance of an order to SOLAR Security Films under request for quotations (RFQ) No. RGSMD121107, issued by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) for providing and installing security film on windows at various EPA facilities. CWS challenges the agency's evaluation of its quotation and best value award decision. We deny the protest. The RFQ, issued on December 11, 2007 to vendors on General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 56, provided for the issuance of a fixed-price order to provide and install security film to windows at various EPA facilities. An order was to be issued to the vendor whose quotation was evaluated as the best value to the government, considering four technical evaluation factors listed in descending order of importance: (1) approach and schedule, (2) experience, (3) organization and staffing, and (4) past performance, as well as price. When combined, the technical evaluation factors were more important than price. Five quotations, including those from CWS and SOLAR, were received and evaluated. CWS and SOLAR were the two highest technically rated vendors. CWS received technical ratings of above average under the first two technical factors (approach and schedule, and experience), a rating of average under the third factor

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