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B-271821 1 (1996-08-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaegh0001 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: Sigmatech, Inc. File: B-271821; B-271821.2 Date: August 22, 1996 Rand L. Allen, Esq., Paul F. Khoury, Esq., and David A. Vogel, Esq., Wiley, Rein & Fielding, for the protester. Joshua A. Kranzberg, Esq., and Carol P. Rosenbaum, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency reasonably determined that offerors were required to have experience with particular weapon systems supported by contract, and protester's assertion that its experience with other weapon systems should have been considered equivalent reflects mere disagreement with the agency's judgment. 2. Agency reasonably concluded that overall level of personnel proposed by protester was inadequate to meet the government's requirements under a task order contract where protester's proposed staffing level was based on the unrealistic assumption that the government's requirements would be met through a steady-state level of effort equal to an average of the total contract requirements. 3. Where awardees each proposed over three times more personnel with demonstrated experience supporting the weapons systems to be supported by this contract than did the protester, and solicitation provided that an offeror's evaluated capabilities to perform the contract requirements was significantly more important than any other evaluation factor, there is no basis to conclude that protester's slightly lower-cost proposal offered greater value to the government than awardees' proposals. 4. Where solicitation provided that failure to demonstrate relevant experience would be a negative evaluation factor, agency's advice during pre-proposal conference that offerors' abilities to affirmatively demonstrate such experience would be an enhancement did not mislead offerors so as to warrant sustaining the protest. 114795

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