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B-292319.3,B-292319.4,B-292319.5 1 (2003-10-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacymg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General .. . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting 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: Planned Systems International, Inc. File: B-292319.3; B-292319.4; B-292319.5 Date: October 30, 2003 Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Smith, Pachter, McWhorter & Allen, for the protester. Robert K. Tompkins, Esq., and Dean M. Dilley, Esq., Patton Boggs, for Advanced Management Technology, Inc., an intervenor. David T. Troung, Esq., National Science Foundation, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency reasonably determined that awardee was eligible for award where solicitation required that vendors be included on a particular Federal Supply Schedule, and awardee at one time was included on that schedule but subsequently was listed instead on a single, consolidated corporate schedule that included services under several schedules, including the specified schedule. 2. Protest that agency improperly evaluated protester's quotation is denied where record shows that agency reasonably determined that the quotation, among other things, did not demonstrate a full understanding of the solicitation requirements or offer a fully qualified project manager. 3. Selection of higher-rated, higher-priced quotation was not improper where solicitation provided that price was less important than technical factors, and agency reasonably concluded that the technical advantages of awardee's quotation outweighed protester's price advantage. DECISION Planned Systems International, Inc. (PSI) protests the award of a delivery order to Advanced Management Technology, Inc. (AMTI) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. DACS-03-0032, issued by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for information technology (IT) services. PSI complains that AMTI is not eligible for award and that NSF improperly evaluated the two firms' quotations. We deny the protest.

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