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B-292320 1 (2003-07-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyjc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General A- Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Russell Enterprises of North Carolina, Inc. File: B-292320 Date: July 17, 2003 Leonard W. Childs, Jr., Esq., Childs & Associates, for the protester. Byron W. Waters, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Henry J. Gorczycki, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Selection of a higher priced, higher rated quotation was reasonable, where the solicitation provided for a best value selection decision considering both price and non-price factors, including past performance, and the contracting officer's best value selection decision reasonably determined that the awardee's superior record of past performance outweighed the protester's slightly lower price. DECISION Russell Enterprises of North Carolina, Inc. protests an award to Dennis Cantrell under request for quotations (RFQ) No. RFQ 8-3-03-20, issued by the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, for road maintenance in the Oconee Ranger District, Georgia. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation and selection decision. We deny the protest. The Forest Service issued the RFQ on April 7, 2003, requesting quotations for fixed prices-per-mile to smooth and shape the surface of 65 miles of gravel road and to clean and shape 20 miles of drainage ditches along the road. The government estimate for this work was $10,000. The Forest Service conducted this procurement under the simplified acquisition procedures prescribed in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13. The RFQ stated that the agency would use a best value evaluation plan considering the following three factors: price, past performance and availability of equipment. The RFQ requested minimal information from vendors: prices, identification of the make and year of the equipment that the vendor would use, and section K representations.

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