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B-271644 1 (1996-07-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaefj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Barnard Construction Company, Inc. File: B-271644 Date: July 15, 1996 Gary Wilson for the protester. Donald A. Tobin, Esq., Bastianelli, Brown, Touhey & Kelley, for Twin Buttes Constructors, an intervenor. Sherry Kinland Kaswell, Esq., and Justin P. Patterson, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. C. Douglas McArthur, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Decision to award to higher-priced, higher technically rated offeror was proper where the solicitation award criteria did not state that price was the determinative factor and the agency reasonably concluded that the higher total point score of the awardee's proposal, resulting from its technical superiority, established that it was worth the price premium. DECISION Barnard Construction Company, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Twin Buttes Constructors (TBC) under request for proposals (RFP) No. 1425-5-SP-60-07610, issued by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, for modification of the Twin Buttes dam in Texas. Barnard contends that the selection decision was unreasonable and inconsistent with the stated evaluation factors. We deny the protest. On September 1, 1995, the agency issued the RFP for a firm, fixed-price contract for construction of a 1.4 million square-foot slurry cutoff wall and 2,600-foot cutoff trench, to reduce foundation seepage. The base effort required construction of a test section to evaluate constructability of the cutoff wall, and the contract would contain an option for construction of the remainder of the wall, an abatement cutoff trench, upstream blanket, and geomembrane/geotextile installation. 538715

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