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B-271435 1 (1996-06-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaeem0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Computer Technology Services, Inc. File: B-271435 Date: June 20, 1996 Pamela J. Mazza, Esq., Andrew P. Hallowell, Esq., and Antonio R. Franco, Esq., Piliero, Mazza & Pargament, for the protester. George W. Griffith, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Ronald K. Henry, Esq., and Mark A. Riordan, Esq., Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, for North American Telecommunications, Inc., an intervenor. Aldo A. Benejam, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Award to technically slightly lower-rated, lower-priced offeror is unobjectionable where (1) although solicitation stated that technical superiority was more important than price, the solicitation did not provide for award solely on the basis of the highest technical point score, and clearly stated that price would be considered a substantial factor in the evaluation; and (2) the source selection evaluation panel (SSEP) considered the relative strengths and weaknesses in the protester's and the awardee's proposal and, despite a specific request from the source selection authority to do so, the SSEP could not identify any strengths in the protester's proposal sufficient to justify paying its higher price. DECISION Computer Technology Services, Inc. (CTSI) protests the award of a contract to North American Telecommunications, Inc. (NATI) under request for proposals (RFP) No. DASWO1-95-R-0267, issued by the Department of the Army, Defense Supply Service--Washington (DSSW), for material handling, moving, and storage services, and warehouse operations support. CTSI contends that the agency improperly awarded the contract to an offeror with a technical proposal that was lower rated than CTSI's. We deny the protest. 200620

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