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B-272248 1 (1996-09-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaeii0001 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: PW Construction, Inc. File: B-272248; B-272248.2 Date: September 13, 1996 Timothy A. Sullivan, Esq., Starfield & Payne, for the protester. James G. Ehlers, Esq., Hillyer & Irwin, for C.E. Wylie Construction Company, an intervenor. Christopher M. Bellomy, Esq., Edward B. Hanel, Esq., and George N. Brezna, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Peter A. Iannicelli, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency gave preferential treatment to the awardee in its evaluation of proposals is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the request for proposals's evaluation scheme, and the agency fairly evaluated both the protester's and the awardee's proposals. 2. Award of a contract to the offeror of the higher technically rated, higher-priced proposal was proper where the agency reasonably determined that the awardee's slightly higher-priced proposal was worth the additional cost. DECISION PW Construction, Inc. protests the Navy's award of a fixed-price construction contract to C.E. Wylie Construction Company pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. N62474-94-R-7479. The protester contends that the Navy gave preferential treatment to Wylie when evaluating proposals and that the Navy's evaluation of proposals was not consistent with the RFP's evaluation scheme. The protester also contends that it should have been awarded the contract because its proposed total price was lower than Wylie's.1 We deny the protest. 1The protester submitted a number of arguments in support of its general protest grounds; the Navy responded to each argument, justifying its actions. We have reviewed the entire record, considered all of the arguments, and find no basis for (continued...) 312104

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