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B-266060.2 1 (1996-02-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadub0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Conrex, Inc. File: B-266060.2 Date: February 7, 1996 Robert S. Marconi, Esq., Stanislaw, Ashbaugh, Riper, Trachtenberg, Peters & Beal, for the protester. Brian Kennedy, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision DIGEST In a best value procurement where the solicitation stated that technical considerations were more important than cost, agency reasonably evaluated protester's technical proposal as containing numerous weaknesses and deficiencies and reasonably concluded that award should be made to a significantly technically superior, higher priced offeror. DECISION Conrex, Inc. protests the Department of the Army's award of a contract to Prezant Associates, Inc., under request for proposals (RFP) No. DACA67-95-R0023, for asbestos and lead-based paint surveying services. Conrex argues that the Army improperly evaluated its proposal and unreasonably selected Prezant for award despite Prezant's higher price. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued as a total small business set-aside on May 3, 1995, contemplated the award of a firm, fixed-price requirements contract for a base year, with 4 option years. The RFP set forth a 1,000-point technical evaluation scheme and provided that technical factors were more important than price in the award selection. The RFP provided that proposals would be evaluated under the following technical evaluation criteria, in descending order of importance: (1) Technical Capability and Knowledge of Applicable Regulations; (2) Professional Qualifications of Key Personnel; (3) Equipment and Facilities; and (4) Documentation of Survey Results. The RFP advised that the Army intended to award a contract based on initial proposals without conducting discussions, and encouraged offerors to submit their best offers in their initial proposals. Twenty-nine proposals were submitted by the June 6 closing date, including those of Prezant and Conrex. A technical evaluation panel (TEP) evaluated technical 111126

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