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B-272388.2 1 (1996-12-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaeiy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller 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: Matrix International Logistics, hie. File: B-272388.2 Date: December 9, 1996 Timothy Sullivan, Esq., Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., and Martin R. Fischer, Esq., Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg, for the protester. Raymond S.E. Pushkar, Esq., and Michael A. Hopkins, Esq., McKenna & Cuneo, for Sea-Land Logistics, Inc., the Intervenor. Charna J. Swedarsky, Esq., and William R. Buonaccorsi, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. The agency's evaluation of the awardee's best and final offer and its source selection decision cannot be determined reasonable where they are unsupported by either the contemporaneous evaluation and source selection documentation or the arguments, explanations, and testimony in the record. 2. Agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions with the protester where it determined during its evaluation of initial proposals that a material element of the protester's price proposal was either unreasonably priced or the result of a mistake, but did not raise the matter during discussions. 3. Correction of mistake in awardee's price after receipt of best and final offers where it is not clear from the proposal and solicitation what price was intended constitutes discussions requiring discussions with all offerors whose proposals are in the competitive range. DECISION Matrix International Logistics, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Sea-Land Logistics, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. N62387-96-R-9602, issued by the Military Sealift Command, Department of the Navy, for transportation services in support of the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program. We sustain the protest because the agency's determination that Sea-Land's proposal was excellent and essentially equal to Matrix's higher-priced excellent proposal

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