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B-260953.4 1 (1995-10-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptacaw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE A protected decision was issued on the date below and was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been redacted or approved by the parties involved for public release. Matter of: Krueger International, Inc. File: B-260953.4 Date: October 4, 1995 David T. Ralston, Jr., Esq., Leonard, Ralston, Stanton, Remington & Danks, for the protester. Thomas L. McGovern III, Esq., and S. Gregg Kunzi, Esq., Hogan & Hartson, for Nightingale, Inc., an interested party. Octavia Johnson, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency proposal to reopen discussions and request the submission of samples and technical information, but not to permit revision of cost proposals, is unobjectionable where discussions are necessary only to correct technical proposals, and corrections are unlikely to have a cost impact. DECISION Krueger International, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Nightingale, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. 1PI-C-2010-95, issued by the Department of Justice, Federal Prison Industries (known as UNICOR), for stacking chairs and occasional seating. Krueger contends that the awardee's proposal fails to comply with mandatory solicitation requirements and challenges the agency's proposed corrective action as inadequate. We deny the protest. The RFP contemplated the award of a 5-year requirements contract. The solicitation generally provided for award to be made to the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the Government. The RFP listed two specific evaluation factors: (1) total cost, which was slightly more important than (2) technical quality. The technical quality factor included consideration of compliance with the performance standards in RFP section C (Description/Specifications/Statement of Work), as well as four specific subfactors: (1) the acceptability of the components offered; (2) whether any assembly, 1145513

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